Walking on the Sea -

 (Contemplations on the Ways of the Lord by Bp Ogles)

As a child I read how Jesus walked

upon the Galilean Sea,

On stormy waves he bade a man to

walk as well as He.

And Peter walked upon the deep with

eyes fixed on the Lord,

But as he cast his eyes below upon

the murky flood,

His foot gave way to billows dark as

he cried out, “Lord, Save Me!”

When I look back upon life’s seas and

count the times I doubted,

I know my eyes were off the Lord

in every case recounted.

But knowing He would not forsake

nor leave me in my failings,

I cried for help and felt His Hand

above the Seas prevailing.

And so His nail scarred Hand remains

outstretched across life’s seas,

To rescue every drowning soul

as He has lifted me.