Which comes first ..the calm or the storm? or is it a dance?

I have found myself all week in prayer, for calmness. And for the most part prayers have been answered.I often wonder though if calm is what I should pray for because usually it is followed by a storm of many variations. Is the storms in our life part of our growing and learning process. I wonder, if our lives were all filled with calmness, would we miss our dance with God? I do not want to miss the dance, so I will take the storms as they come. Can we go thru the storm and still have calm in our life? YES WE CAN!!! It is called a personal relationship with God, and I am so thankful that I have that. I do not deserve it , I am not worthy of it, yet I know in my heart that God loves me and will always be there for me........and you. As I sit back as a mother and watch my children go thru the storms in their own lives, I catch myself wanting to fix it, but I can't, for if I did they would miss their dance with God. I will pray that my children will hear God calling them to the dance, such an important part of growing and learning. All of them at a younger age received Jesus as their Savior, I am grateful for that. My prayer for them is that they hear Him calling. I love God for all He has done in my life, may He also be dancing in yours.