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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Mark 4:35-41


Mark 4:35-41
35 On that same day when evening had come, Jesus said to them, “Let’s go across to the other side.” 36 So they left the crowd and took him away in the boat he had been sitting in, and other boats set out with him. 37 Then a storm gathered and it began to blow a gale. The waves spilled over into the boat so that it was soon filled with water. 38 And Jesus was in the stern, asleep on the cushion.  They woke him up and said, “Master, don’t you care if we sink?” 39 As Jesus awoke, he rebuked the wind and ordered the sea, “Quiet now! Be still!” The wind dropped and there was a great calm. 40 Then Jesus said to them, “Why are you so frightened? Do you still have no faith?”  41 But they were terrified and they said to one another, “Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him!”
My Beloved, right now there is a situation in our lives as a family when it seems that a storm is battering the fragile boat that we are in.  The waters of distress and anxiety seem to fill our little boat and we are afraid we will sink.  This however is not true.  You are in the boat and though it may seem that You are asleep, You are in total control.  As long as we keep our gaze on You, as long as we know that You are there, we know that nothing can sink or overwhelm us and when our faith, after being tested is strengthened, You will command the wind and the waves to be still and You will bring us safely home in the end.

Praise You my Lord.

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