"On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side." And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?" And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?""
This is such a well-known story from the Gospel and the visual images are such that we can easily imagine. I have difficulty with the burning bush, standing at the well, etc. but I certainly imagine great windstorms, rough seas, and being tossed about in a boat. Both literally and figuratively this passage seems so relevant to daily life. There are three very simple words in this passage that we can draw upon: Peace! Be still! Three little words. Not much talk is needed … Peace! Be still! Whatever is going on around you in your life this day know that Christ is the Lord. He brings us the peace. Peace! Be still!
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