Storms

          The disciples left the crowds one evening and took Jesus with them in their boats. While Jesus lay sleeping in the stern, there arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves began crashing over the boat, filling it with water. They woke Him and cried out in terror, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” 

(Mark 4:36-38)

In the aftermath of an unrelenting Sandy, some may be asking, “Lord, do you not care?”

God invites you to come to Him to receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16).  Jesus implores you to cast all your anxiety on Him because HE CARES (greatly) for you (1 Peter 5:7).

“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10).

May the God of all comfort, comfort you by His grace and love in whatever storm you are facing.

The storm continued throughout the afternoon. Tall trees swayed in the blustery wind like wooden masts on a rocking ship. By evening, the temperature had dropped drastically changing raindrops into white flurries – the first snow of winter.¹

¹   Jill Watson Glassco. The Schoolhouse (Peoria, AR: LifeHouse Publishing, 2012), 40.

(The Schoolhouse is available online at Amazon.com)