• Scripture
  • Like A Tree Planted By the Waters.

    Peace for the Storm Quotes - A Tree Planted by the Waters

    It seems like no matter where I’ve lived, it’s been somewhere near a river–the Connecticut River, the Columbia River, the Tennessee River. I’ve always been amazed at the life that springs up around these rivers, from the wildlife to the cities and towns themselves. It seems like where water is, there is life.

    Today’s verse in Jeremiah also talks about how life flourishes by water. Just like a tree is supplied by the streams where it plants its roots, so we will be nourished by putting our trust and hope in God. Roots driven deeply into the ground, soaked by the waters of the river, will never cease quenching the thirst of the tree, even when harsh conditions come its way, like heat or drought.

    I want to be like that tree, planted so firmly in Christ that I will not be shaken when adversity and trials come my way. I want to be so near Christ that I will never be lacking for a source of hope and encouragement. I want to never stop bearing fruit for Him. I want to be nourished by that life-giving water Jesus offered to the woman at the well–the water that will never run dry.

    Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes. But its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit.

    — Jeremiah 17:7-8 (NKJV) —

    Lindsey is Amanda’s younger sister and the graphic designer behind the Peace for the Storm images and website. Aside from their day jobs, she and her husband do freelance design at Gallerie Q. They both love God, family, friends, gardening, DIY projects and football.
  • Music
  • Lead me to the Rock.

    Peace for the Storm Quotes - The Rock that is Higher than I

    We are so excited to share with this post “Hear My Cry,” a beautiful song written and performed by Judy Evenson, a personal friend of our family and an established recording artist. She sent us the song after we originally posted this image on social media, letting us know that she had written the song several years ago, but it had immediately come to mind when seeing the post. Click on the Play button below to listen to the beautiful melody and inspired words of this medley. Thank you for sharing, Judy! We hope you are blessed as we have been by listening to this song.

    From the end of the earth I will cry to You. When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

    — Psalms 61:2 (NKJV) —

     Note: “Hiding in Thee,” used in part in “Hear My Cry,” is public domain, written by Ira David Sankey and William Orcutt Cushing.
    Lindsey is Amanda’s younger sister and the graphic designer behind the Peace for the Storm images and website. Aside from their day jobs, she and her husband do freelance design at Gallerie Q. They both love God, family, friends, gardening, DIY projects and football.
  • Music
  • Whiter than snow.

    Peace for the Storm Quotes - Whiter than Snow

    As a blanket of snow covered many of our homes this weekend, our minds couldn’t help but think of the spiritual significance of snow. Even though I live in the South now (where we had flurries, and it still shut down schools), I’m a former New Englander. I have such a clear picture in my mind of the morning after a snowfall, waking up and looking outside my window to see the sun glistening like diamonds on an almost blindingly white blanket of snow covering the ground. Untouched. Perfect. The snow has covered the brown, dead grass beneath, and has turned the bleak world of winter into a scene of sparkling beauty. It seems magical, really.

    But what David is pleading for here in the verse that inspired this hymn is not magic. It’s a miracle. We may have made a huge mistake or might be spiritually dead inside. But when that moment of repentance comes, when we awaken to the reality that we can’t do this on our own, and we need the Lord’s help, He is there to cover us in His love. He promises to wash our hearts of sin if we accept Him through the miracle of salvation, and in His eyes we will be as spotless as the snow.

    Lindsey is Amanda’s younger sister and the graphic designer behind the Peace for the Storm images and website. Aside from their day jobs, she and her husband do freelance design at Gallerie Q. They both love God, family, friends, gardening, DIY projects and football.
  • Scripture
  • Healing in His wings.

    Peace for the Storm Quotes - Healing in His Wings

    This has always been one of my favorite verses in the Bible, for many reasons, but the meaning has never hit home quite as much as now, when my sister is still in such great need of healing. In so many ways. I wish more than anything I was able to be there, helping her, and that this burden would be lifted from her (or actually never would have happened to her). But sharing these Bible verses with her, and working on our project together–that’s the least I can do. So today I dedicate this verse and image to her. And we have the assurance, here in this verse, that God is going to take care of everything. I love you so much, Amanda!

    “But to you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings.”

    — Malachi 4:2 (NKJV) —

    Lindsey is Amanda’s younger sister and the graphic designer behind the Peace for the Storm images and website. Aside from their day jobs, she and her husband do freelance design at Gallerie Q. They both love God, family, friends, gardening, DIY projects and football.
  • Scripture
  • Wait on the Lord.

    Peace for the Storm Quotes - Wait

    Sometimes it’s so hard to wait.

    In our Bible study this week, we talked about the urgency of Christ’s coming, and reflected on Revelation 14:12: “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” We realized that one of the signs of a follower of Christ is that they have patience. Patience as we wait for His second coming, patience with our fellow believers, patience in God’s timing.

    Right now, I’m personally faced with several decisions looming on the horizon. I don’t know the answers right now, and it’s difficult not to stress about what will happen. Sometimes I’m even scared. But this verse reminds us that patience and trust in God is everything. And if I lean on Him, He will strengthen my heart to face every outcome.

    His timing is always perfect. “Wait on the Lord. Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord!”

    — Psalms 27:14 (NKJV) —

    Lindsey is Amanda’s younger sister and the graphic designer behind the Peace for the Storm images and website. Aside from their day jobs, she and her husband do freelance design at Gallerie Q. They both love God, family, friends, gardening, DIY projects and football.