Cushion of the Sea

(Brother-in-law caught this crab- you can see is pretty fresh)

"And the peace of God, which transcends all our powers of thought, will be a garrison to guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 4:7)

There is what is called the "cushion of the sea-

" Down beneath the surface that is agitated by storms, and driven about with winds, there is a part of the sea that is never stirred. When we dredge the bottom and bring up the remains of animal and vegetable life we find that they give evidence of not having been disturbed in the least, for hundreds and thousands of years. The peace of God is that eternal calm which, like the cushion of the sea, lies far too deep down to be reached by any external trouble and disturbance; and he who enters into the presence of God, becomes partaker of that undisturbed and undisturbable calm-

Cowman devotionals (Streams in the Desert)

(R. Wurmbrand, imprisoned in Romania for 14 years)

“In our darkest hours of torture, the Son of Man came to us, making the prison walls shine like diamonds and filling the cells with light. Somewhere, far away, were the torturers below us in the sphere of the body. But the spirit rejoiced in the Lord.

We would not have given up this joy for that of kingly palaces.” 

  (Tortured For Christ)

  Armando Valladares (imprisoned for 22 years in Cuba)

When asked where he and the other political prisoners got the strength to stand up to all the torture, He replied-
"We have an inexhaustible supply, sir, an imperishable source.
That's what constantly feeds us. It's love." (Against All Hope)

(And those in the N. Korean Gulags- here)