The Anchor in the Storm
The Anchor in the Storm A Reflection from the Journal of Ruben White Amazon.com: From A Civil Rights Pioneer: 100 Poems for the Rejected: A Soul’s Journey Through Fear and Faith: 9798245493275: White, Ruben: Books From My Journal There were seasons when one sharp word could ruin my whole day. A setback at noon, and I'd still be chewing on it at midnight, replaying it on the drive home, letting it pull up a chair at the supper table with me. I wasn't steering my own ship anymore. Somebody else had their hands on the wheel, and I was the one who handed it to them. The weather never changed. The storms kept coming. What changed was me, and it took some painful honesty before God about how much power I had been giving away. Peace started the day I stopped letting another person or another event set the temperature of my heart. I still see the injustice. I still feel the pain. I just refuse to let somebody else's poison become the fuel for my fire. The Moral You cannot contr...
