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In March 2020, the world was overrun by the  COVID-19 virus. Like many, I felt the heaviness of that time and was desperate to find peace. One day was particularly hard. Then I came across this hymn. Though I was familiar with it, I hadn't paid much attention to it before. As I read the words, the message pierced me. Carest thou not that we perish? How canst thou lie asleep? And yet, the Savior answered me that day the way He answered His disciples in the storm. Peace. Peace, be still. Finding this hymn was a gift to me. I've gone back to it many times, needing that peace again.

In May 2023, while on a boat on the Sea of Galilee, after reading this very story of the Savior calming that very sea, I had the incredible privelege of hearing a men's chorus sing this arrangement of mine. What an experience! I hope this hymn brings you the same comfort it has brought me.

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** The TTBB version won the 2022 Award of Merit, Church Music Submission. Watch the video performance in the Salt Lake Tabernacle here.

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