But God is the God of the waves and the billows, and they are still His when they come over us; and again and again we have proved that the overwhelming thing does not overwhelm. Once more by His interposition deliverance came. We were cast down, but not destroyed.

Amy Carmichael
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The author of Ecclesiastes 9:11-12 is very clear about the role of God in his life. He speaks of the power of the sea, but he also speaks of God. He knows that his life can be destroyed by the storm, but he knows that God is still there to save him. When he is washed up on shore, he knows that his life was not destroyed. When he is defeated, God will deliver him from the enemy, and once again he will live.

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