Mark 4:39–41

We are firmly planted in the hands of our Savior and we are safe and secure. The Father placed ALL things under His control. Without Him, who sits at the right hand of the Father, we can do nothing. With Him and in the unity and power of Holy Spirit nothing is impossible!

Life is not only about our needs it is also about the needs of others. When we let the triune Godhead into our life everything changes. He gives us peace even in the midst of life’s turmoil.

When we know God better, we will love Him more, and when we love Him, obedience becomes a privilege. If we have Jesus, we have everything we need. We have the presence of God, the peace of God and the power of God at work within us. As the Apostle Peter said, "His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life" (2 Peter 1:3). First5 

I’m grateful for this from Kent Neburn’s book Small Graces. And it does my heart good… “I have walked a quiet path today… Do we really need much more than this? To honor the dawn. To visit a garden. To talk to a friend. To contemplate a cloud. To cherish a meal. To bow our heads before the mystery of the day. Are these not enough? If we should be so lucky as to touch the lives of many, so be it. But if our lot is no more than the setting of a table, or the tending of a garden, or showing a child a path in a wood, our lives are no less worthy. 

To do justice. To love mercy. To walk humbly with our God. To bring peace to the old. To have trust in our friends. To cherish the young. Sometimes, it seems, we ask too much. Sometimes we forget that the small graces are enough.”

And there’s this story, doing my heart good. A baby girl—born under the rubble of her family's home in northern Syria after last week's devastating earthquake (still connected to her mother by her umbilical cord)—is healthy and may soon leave the hospital. Sadly, her mother, father and all four of her siblings died after the quake. The infant, whose mother died after giving birth, was named Aya—Arabic for "a sign from God"—by hospital workers. She is being breastfed by the wife of the hospital's director. And not surprisingly, thousands of people have offered to adopt the baby girl. Sabbath Moments 

Mark 4:39–41

39 Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. 40 But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!” The New King James Version

Jesus shows Himself to have power over both spiritual and elemental forces, demonstrating His divinity. He expects the disciples to have faith in His ability to act with divine power. Faithlife Study Bible

Jesus’ command over the wind and the sea demonstrates His full and complete deity. Only God the Creator can calm wind and sea. Mark uses the disciples’ question “Who can this be?” to evoke a similar response in the minds of his readers. Mark relates the works and words of the one he calls “Jesus Christ, the Son of God”. The NKJV Study Bible

Matthew 8:26 But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

Matthew 14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Luke 8:24 And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!”Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm.