LIFE'S STORM-TOSSED SEA

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Life’s Storm-Tossed Sea

Read:  Mark 4:35-41

Casting all your care upon Him,

for He cares for you.  1 Peter 5:7

Emilie, wife of nineteenth-century German pastor Christoph Blumhardt, envied his ability to pray for his parishioners and then effortlessly fall asleep.  So one night she pleaded, “Tell me your secret!”

He answered, “Is God so powerless that my worrying would help the well-being of our parish?”  Then he added, “There comes a moment each day when we must simply drop what weighs on us and hand it over to God.”

One evening Jesus and His disciples were crossing the Sea of Galilee.  Weary after a long day of ministry, Jesus fell asleep in the stern of the boat.  A fierce squall suddenly arose-so fierce that even the Lord’s fishermen-turned-disciples were terrified.  But Jesus continued to sleep serenely until His frightened followers woke Hi,m crying out, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38).  You see, Jesus was in the habit of entrusting himself to His heavenly Father.  Having made that commitment, He could sleep through the turbulent squall.

When worries begin to gnaw at our mind, let’s surrender them to the Lord and not take them back again (1 Peter 5:7).  That’s the secret of soul-serenity when we’re on life’s storm-tossed sea.                 VCG

Jesus knows the pain you feel,

He can save and He can heal-

Take your burden to the Lord

And leave it there. -Tindley

Drop what weighs you down by giving it to God.