The baby woke me up early today. So I’ve had a few moments of quiet. And before you go wondering how I had a few moments of quiet with the baby…it’s because he’s so chill. I sometimes forget I have a baby because he just is content to sit and watch. But in this quiet, I had a moment to think about some things. Right now is probably one of the most difficult financial times we’ve faced. It definitely could be worse, but it has been one hit after another. 2018 hasn’t been our best year….
I can’t help but feel like the disciples in the boat (Mark 4:35-41)…you know that time Jesus FELL ASLEEP in the middle of the ocean storm and the disciples kept saying “Don’t you care that we are perishing???” I am sure Jesus woke up with the biggest eye roll because he responds to the disciples by saying “Why are you so afraid? Do you still not have faith?”
I find comfort in this passage. Some days I feel like the disciples… pure panic. Surely, today is the day we will perish. It can’t get any worse than this (famous last words, amirite?). I cry out in desperation. And Jesus, in all his compassion and love, calms it in one fell swoop and says to my storm “peace, be still.”
Every. Single. Time.
And then he turns to me in the sincerest form: “why are you so afraid Elizabeth? I’ve got this, you know it already.”
Friends, life is messy. And it’s scary. And sometimes, well, most times, it feels like we’re not going to make it out alive. But I am here to encourage you that the peace Jesus speaks into our storms will never cease. He is quick to comfort. To provide. To settle our chaos.
We need not fear what the storm brings. Because Jesus speaks and says “Peace, be still.”
Elizabeth Horn 