REFLECTION

On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: 

“Let us cross to the other side.”

Leaving the crowd, they took Jesus with them in the boat just as he was.

 And other boats were with him.

A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it

 was already filling up.

Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him,

“Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”

He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet!  Be still!”

The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith? ”They were filled with great awe and said to one another,

“Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?”

Mark 4: 35-41

Jesus tells his disciples that they should have faith, that they are not alone. When the storms arise, Jesus will be there to help them. He calmed the waves and quieted the wind.

Bad weather is not the only storm we encounter in life. We have to weather all kinds of storms in our lives. There’s illness, loss of loved ones, and actual storm damage. Things don’t always go the way we would like them to, but Jesus is there with us, through the good and the bad, calming the winds and helping us through.