He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm.
The men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?” (Matthew 8:26-27 NABRE)
Is our faith in Jesus as deep as it should be? How often are we afraid, even terrified, by the circumstances of our lives? Are we unsure of the sort of man Jesus is?
The men in the boat with Jesus that day were just like us. We might read this as an interesting story told to remind us of Jesus' authority over all the earth, even the wind and sea. But isn't it real when we place ourselves into the scene. We watch the waves churn, tossing and rolling our boat. Wind-blown mist stings our faces. The shore is out of sight, hidden by thick gray fog. We are afraid. We forget who is in the boat with us.
What wind blows stinging mist at you today? What sea tosses you carelessly in its waves today? What storm threatens to crash your boat on the rocks today? How will you respond to the storm?
Today, I will focus only on Jesus, who is in this boat with me today, rather than on the storm surging all around us.
First Martyrs of the Church of Rome, who, like Christ several decades before you, were persecuted and struggled unto death, pray for us.
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