This is your captain speaking. We are in for a bumpy ride. Please fasten your seat belts; and return your tray-tables to their fully up-right positions! Hold on!! The roller-coaster bumps begin. The airplane rattles and creeks. The darkness outside insulates us from promise. Our eyes betray our worry and our gasps in fear release a thousand prayers of hope. Dear God!! I hope that I will remain calm should things go wrong! I hope that I remember all the safety procedures! I hope that I can find the emergency exits! In short, Lord, I hope that I am able to survive this bumpy ride! Even so, yes or no, hold me, Master, during this tumult! It is not until the bumpy places attack our peace and tranquility that we review each step along the paths and roads that led us to where we stand. Our horror is exposed by eyes too wide for calm, and our anxious sighs release a thousand prayers of hope. Dear God!! I hope my faith will hold! I hope I will remember all I have learned from you! I hope I will not cling to things best abandoned! In short, Lord, I hope that I am capable of surviving this bumpy ride!! Even so, yes or no, hold me, Master, through the tempest. Fasten your seat belts! Return your lives to their fully upright positions! Hold on.... Here we go.... Hug me Lord!
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