Can you think of God's love like an ocean? Steadily and calmly rocking the boat of your life. Gently back and forth. A perfect day with mild temperatures and a cool breeze. Just basking in the love.
But the clouds are getting thicker and the perfect blue sky starts to get dark. The wind starts to blow a little harder and the calm serene waves start to get a little bit bigger. And then bigger. The wind whips off your hat, your stomach begins to be unsettled and you regret that Po'boy that you ate. Rain starts falling, you see lightning flash, you hear the thunder.
Remember in the New Testament when Jesus and His disciples are on the boat. Jesus is asleep and there came a storm that scared the disciples. Most of them were hardened fisherman who knew the weather on the water. But this one was bad and they thought that they were going to drown. (I think that God was testing them to see how bad it needed to get before they reacted.) And they woke Jesus up.
When He was awake, what did he do?
"Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind ceased and there was great calm" Mark 4:39 NKJV
He can do that for our lives as well... If we let Him. That would be wonderful in my life. The hectic, chaotic world that is topsy turvy can again be still and calm. The up and down and around roller coaster of the waves can be peaceful again. He can turn it back into that perfect day.
We are already in the boat. God is already in the boat with us. All the disciples had to do was to wake Him up. We can and need to do the same. We need to wake our minds and souls to God's love and presence. We need to ask Him to calm our spirits and our lives. Doing so will allow us to become better men, husbands and fathers.
As the storms of this life push the waves over our boat, we are being washed in His love.
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