The Lighthouse in the Storm

I have allot of problems with my body. Diabetes, High blood pressure,  High Cholesterol,  Degenerative Disk Disease, and I am over weight.  Sometimes this all becomes overwhelming for me. I feel like I am beat down and ready to give up because it's all too much. Its during this time that God shows me that I should not let the problems of my body weaken the strength of my soul. He reminds me of suffering of those that came before endured in the name of God.

2 Corinthians 4:8-13 ERV   (8)  We have troubles all around us, but we are not defeated. We often don't know what to do, but we don't give up.  (9)  We are persecuted, but God does not leave us. We are hurt sometimes, but we are not destroyed.  (10)  So we constantly experience the death of Jesus in our own bodies, but this is so that the life of Jesus can also be seen in our bodies.  (11)  We are alive, but for Jesus we are always in danger of death, so that the life of Jesus can be seen in our bodies that die.  (12)  So death is working in us, but the result is that life is working in you.  (13)  The Scriptures say, "I believed, so I spoke." Our faith is like that too. We believe, and so we speak.

No matter how hard the winds may blow or how dark the clouds of the storm of life may be the Lord will always be the Lighthouse and he will always guide us to safe harbor.

Mark 4:35-39 ERV  That day, at evening, Jesus said to his followers, "Come with me across the lake."  (36)  So they left the crowd behind and went with Jesus in the boat he was already in. There were also other boats that went with them.  (37)  A very bad wind came up on the lake. The waves were coming over the sides and into the boat, and it was almost full of water.  (38)  Jesus was inside the boat, sleeping with his head on a pillow. The followers went and woke him. They said, "Teacher, don't you care about us? We are going to drown!"  (39)  Jesus stood up and gave a command to the wind and the water. He said, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind stopped, and the lake became calm.