Perfectly Calm 6-1-2010

"On that day, when evening came, He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side."
Mark 4:35

After a long day of ministry and healing Jesus loaded upon the boat with His disciples to escape the crowds for a rest. As they were traveling to the eastern shore, Jesus was exhausted and fell asleep in the front of the boat. A violent storm arose scaring the disciples and they woke Jesus. It was at that time that He stood up in the boat and spoke three words "Hush, be still". The wing and waves became perfectly calm from three small words spoken from His mouth. The disciples became afraid. They were no longer afraid of the storm. The fear that they now exhibited was the reverence for the super natural power of Jesus Christ.

Now I really do not know what I believed about this power prior to my current situation and accommodations. I can now say that I believe in that power. I believe He answers prayers because He has. I believe He can do miracles because He has and I believe He can speak and calm storms because I have seen it.

I can often work myself up into a storm that my mind cannot handle. There are many many times when I feel Him stand and say to me "Hush, be still." He says I am in control. I bow before Him laying my request at his feet. I try to stay perfectly calm and wait. I wait upon His answer.

Dan Crawford wrote in reference to this verse.
"Christ said, "Let us go to the other side"- Not to the middle of the lake to be drowned."

"Peace is the Feeling when we finally trust Him to calm the storm"

BMO 2010