REMAINING CALM IN A CRISIS (A FAVORITE THEME)

"SOPHRONISMOS"

a word used only once in the Bible, II Timothy 1:7, meaning

SELF-DISCIPLINE IN A PANIC SITUATION

“It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.”

Marilyn Ferguson

NO STORM CAN SHAKE MY INMOST CALM 

My life flows on in endless song;

Above earth’s lamentation,

I catch the sweet, though far-off hymn

That hails a new creation.

Refrain:

No storm can shake my inmost calm

While to that Rock I’m clinging;

Since Christ is Lord of heav’n and earth,

How can I keep from singing?

Through all the tumult and the strife,

I hear that music ringing;

It finds an echo in my soul—

How can I keep from singing?

What though my joys and comforts die?

I know my Savior liveth;

What though the darkness gather round?

Songs in the night He giveth.

The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,

A fountain ever springing!

All things are mine since I am His—

How can I keep from singing?

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