At Sea with Jesus

The scripture for today from Mark is the familiar story when the disciples and Jesus are in a boat on the Sea of Galilee, and a storm hits. In this gospel, the disciples frequently seem to be thick headed and not understanding, but in this situation, their frustration seems more justified. This is, apparently, a terrible storm, and in the midst of the disciples’ fear, Jesus is asleep. Does he not care? We can imagine the storms of our own lives when we, too, wonder whether God cares that we’re about to drown. That Jesus is asleep may be to demonstrate that in the midst of storms there is deep peace – perhaps Jesus is resting on my heart. In the story, Jesus doesn’t rebuke the disciples, he rebukes the storm. This does not mean that there won’t be storms, but that God will be with us through them, and we must not underestimate the power of God to transform those storms and to transform us within them.