Track 16Adagio by Alessandro Marcello 1669 - 1747 from a Concerto in D minor, second movementFrom daybreak till midnightthe tide will turn four times,even as the clock continues its chimes.Let nothing hinder the incoming tide,as You prepare Your Heavenly Bride.Draw close when the tide feels out, and we are tempted to begin to doubt.May we trust Your purposes in each low tide,when You appear to hide,then bravely catch each new wavethat You so lovingly provide.Even through the deepest drought,we owe it to You to seek You outlonging for the place of deeper release as we yearn for Your Spirit’s return. The prophet JONAH declared"When my life was ebbing away,I remembered you, LORD,and my prayer rose to you,to your holy temple."Those who cling to worthless idolsforfeit the grace that could be theirs.But I, with a song of thanksgiving,will sacrifice to you.What I have vowed I will make good.Salvation comes from the LORD."So often, Lord, when we are feeling insecure,it is because we are using the wrong set of measuring tools.Were we to see the weighing machinesthat You use to value all we do,we might not recognise them at all,for You evaluate by entirely different criteria,seeking less the outcomes the world considers goodthan the love and devotion with which we carry out our tasks,and the measure of obedience that lies within them.So realign our heart’s desireto be more in tune with Yours,for the more we succeed in doing thisthe more joy we will know in our spiritsand the deeper the comfort we will bring to others too.Lord, we often feel let down by others in the course of our pilgrimageand grieved by the way things work out.But it is amazing how you bring good out of seeming catastrophesand turn situations right round for your glory.Help me not to be disappointed but to praiseand to trust that You can turn our disappointmentsinto Your appointments.For this truly honours You.