(new necklace from venice)

taken from the daily elizabeth elliot devotion email:

Today is moving day. There will be plenty ofreason for fretting and stewing, impatience, andturbulence. I am one who seems to feel thatunless I do things or unless they are done myway, they will not be done right, and the daywill disintegrate. But I have been watching thesea--very turbulent this morning because of atropical storm hundreds of miles away--and Iremember Him whose word was enough to calm it.Speak that word to me today, dear Lord: peace.Let your calm spirit, through the manypotentially rough minutes of this day, in everytask, say to my soul, Be still. Even this day'schaos, with all its clutter and exertion, will beordered by your quiet power if my heart issubject to your word of peace. Thank You, Lord.