God’s made me to be a fairly strong person, emotionally. But still, I too sometimes feel overwhelmed and suffocated by life’s circumstances. Feeling that way today, I sat down at my desk and wrote this prayer:

Lord, as these raging waves dash and thrash, and as we sink deeper and darker beneath these seas of trouble, remind us that your grace is deeper than these seas and stronger than these waves. Carry us in your will as if on luxurious clouds of peace and rest, and lift us out of and beyond this turbulent ocean.