Sometimes there can be a lot of stormy
weather in our lives. We can be
dissatisfied with our work or we can lose our job. A marriage or a friendship or a close
relationship can end through death or through an argument or through a
divorce. We can be overwhelmed with our
lives or by what is going on in the world around us. We can be the victim of an act of violence. We can feel like we are in a boat that is
being tossed about in the seas. We can
cry out to the Lord with all our might as the disciples did in our Gospel
reading today. Christ responds to us
with a question: “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” The storms can still go on in the world around
us, but Christ will calm the storms that we are feeling on the inside. Christ will be there to comfort us and to bring
us strength. We can lash out at life no
matter what the circumstances are. We
can lose our temper and feel like we have no patience with anything in our
lives. Or we can let Christ calm the
seas that are ranging inside of us. The
storms still may be raging on the outside, but no matter what, we can
experience the peace of Christ on the inside.
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