22 One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they put out, 23 and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A windstorm swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. 24 They went to him and woke him up, shouting, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 He said to them, "Where is your faith?" They were afraid and amazed, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
- Luke 8:22-25
Few saw 911. No one predicted Katrina. And we continue to live in a world of impending disaster and failed responses --- remaining asleep in the emotional aftermath of storms seemingly unable to grow forward.
My friend saw a bumper sticker the other day, "Change is Inevitable... Growth is Optional."
So just how many of us are still living in a stagnant calendar? Or how many more are trapped by the time machines of anxiety or addiction that promise to take us back to some place all the while realizing that we continue to fool ourselves with the illusion of control and the intoxication of a 'secured future'?
Can we see past the Eye of Our Storm into the Eyes of Jesus Christ?
- Luke 8:22-25
Few saw 911. No one predicted Katrina. And we continue to live in a world of impending disaster and failed responses --- remaining asleep in the emotional aftermath of storms seemingly unable to grow forward.
My friend saw a bumper sticker the other day, "Change is Inevitable... Growth is Optional."
So just how many of us are still living in a stagnant calendar? Or how many more are trapped by the time machines of anxiety or addiction that promise to take us back to some place all the while realizing that we continue to fool ourselves with the illusion of control and the intoxication of a 'secured future'?
Can we see past the Eye of Our Storm into the Eyes of Jesus Christ?
