My Calm Your Storm

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1. Chris Hubbs says:

   5/23/2007 at 7:35 pm

   From the Author: Referring to the name of this album (which shares its title with the first song), the liner notes say:

   my calm. With Salvation comes peace, as the powerful hand that commands creation calms the storms of life. But then the quiet waters, in time, can become stagnant. The songs at the beginning of this record are the cries of one who has grown lukewarm, who has come to love comfort more than the Comforter. One who has grown content with ease and boredom, who is clutching the blanket of security and holding on to “my calm”. One whose feet have grown calloused from walking the long road. One who has hoped in human strength. your storm. A prayer lifts to heaven like smoke from a signal fire, asking the God who calmed the waters to stir them once again. Asking Him to make life more than mediocre, more than just an act. The second group of songs is the result of such a prayer – a plea for “your storm”. It is the fervent request for God to rip away the disguise of false morality and expose the raw truth. To make it real. It is not being content with “my calm” but begging for “your storm” whether the tempest be a torrent of happiness or of pain. It is about being broken by this hard life which brings the proud to their knees and forces the righteous to cling to God alone.

   What it Means:

   This song is written from the perspective of someone who has realized that they have become too complacent in their spiritual walk. It is a cry to God to stir the waters of faith and circumstances that were once rough but have now become stagnant. Many of the allusions in the song come from the story of Jesus and the disciples in the boat in Luke 8:22-25.

   “A fine white tomb that noone sees”…this refers to Matthew 23:27 when Jesus called the pharisees whitewashed tombs because they cared only about making their outward appearance look good when inside their hearts was the equivalent of decaying corpses.

   “Arise, rebuke my content and my peace”…refers to when Christ rebuked the wind and the waves during the violent storm that raged while the disciples and Jesus were sailing to the other side of the lake. He’s saying, in the same way that you rebuked the storm and brought peace, rebuke my contentment, and stir me up.

   “I want to navigate out of this lukewarm sea”…this line refers to Revelation 3:16 and the warning to the church in Laodicea that they were neither hot nor cold for God, but that they were lukewarm and that God would spit them out of his mouth.