Mark 4:35-41 New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
The Calming of a Storm at Sea. 35 On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, “Let us cross to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. 38 Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” 39 He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was great calm. 40 Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?” 41 They were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?”
Comments
I realize that fear is -
• A Barrier to sharing my faith
• A barrier to joy,
• A barrier to gratitude ,
• A barrier to community ,
• A Barrier to experiencing the Kingdom of God
I struggle with fearing not
I struggle with the tension between overcoming fear by waiting on God versus overcoming fear by taking action on my own without God.
What reminds me to fear not?
Songs are equivalent to a vision of Jesus calm as he pages through a magazine.
Laura Story Song Blessing is a source of encouragement when I am afraid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQan9L3yXjc
There is song by First Call from the 80s entitle “Future”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4mRrkE00b4
I may not know what the future holds
But I know who holds the future
I may listen to a thousand tongues
But I only hear one whisper