Thank God for Storms
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Thank God for Storms (sermon based on the scripture readings: Mark 4:35-41, Job 38:1-11, and Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32)≈ Our reading today describes the familiar story of how Jesus calmed the storm. So let's look at what’s going on in the text of our gospel reading? On the surface, this is what happens: Jesus has been teaching in parables all day, sitting in a boat because the crowd is pushing in. Evening comes and Jesus says, “Let’s go to the other side” leaving the crowd behind. They set out, experienced fishermen, and head to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus falls asleep in the stern, the part of the boat reserved for people of importance but also the part of the boat that the navigator steers the boat from... Also, consider these texts Isaiah 45:7 I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe; I the Lord do all these things. Ecclesiastes 7:14 On the day of prosperity be joyful, and on the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that will come after them. Lamentations 3:37-38 Who can command and have it done, if the Lord has not ordained it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come? Amos 3:6 Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster befall a city, unless the Lord has done it?
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