It’s funny how you can hear a story your whole life and then one day it just reads differently, based on where you are in life…

That happened to me this week in Matthew….and not due to the fact that I now pay more attention to writing and noticed how many sentances he starts with the word AND.

And…do you have any Bible stories that you heard as a child which jumped off the page in recent years?

Jesus Calms a Storm

Matthew 8:23-27

And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.  And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.  And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” And he said to them, “Why are you afraid,  O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.  And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”