Life with Jesus is so much better

"Thou poor, afflicted, tempted soul,
With fears, and doubts, and tempests tossed.
What if the billows rise and roll,
And dash thy ship, it is not lost;
The winds and waves and fiends my roar,
But Christ will bring thee safe on shore.
The winds and waves and fiends my roar,
But Christ will bring thee safe on shore.

What ails those eyes bedewed with tears?
Those laboring sighs that heave thy breast?
Those oft repeated, broken prayers?
Dost thou not long for Jesus' rest?
And can the Lord pass heedless by,
And see a mourning sinner die?
And can the Lord pass heedless by,
And see a sad and mourning sinner die?

I love this hymn and scripture comparing the hope of heaven with this life below. I often feel that I could compare my life to that of the disciples- tossed and blown about with trials, doubts, and fears. I long for rest, my prayers are broken, I cry and I doubt the goodness, love, and sovereignty of the God and Creator of the universe who loves me more than I will ever know. Alhough I am weary, broken, dejected, and tired- Jesus will not, He cannot, pass me by. He has saved me, and although it may feel as if he has left me alone to fight the storms; He is there sustaining me and perhaps will soon pass by and calm the storms or take me to heaven to be with Him forever.