Yesterday’s reading at mass was Matthew 8:23-27:
“As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep. They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” 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?”
It tickled me when Father Jim said, “As I reflected on this passage this morning, I saw something new that I had never noticed before …”
I love it when that happens to me! No matter how many times I’ve heard or read a passage, something new can still pop out as “new to me.” And how cool is it that the same thing happens no matter what our age or vocation in life?
Father went on to focus on the very first sentence … Jesus got into the boat.
God is not a distant God, watching us from afar as we are tossed about by the violent storms of life. He doesn’t simply provide a guidebook to follow, nor only send help through others.
He gets into the boat with us.
How awesome is our God!
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