And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said
unto the sea, Peace, be still.
And the wind ceased, and there was a great
calm.
Mark 4:39
I have been thinking a lot lately
of my grandmothers, so I thought I would share another precious memory from my
childhood. When I was a young boy, I was terrified of storms. Why, even just a
simple rain cloud could send me into a frenzy. I had to have been no more than
five years old when I was visiting my grandmother and great-grandmother one
Saturday afternoon. We had just finished eating supper when a terrible storm
came. It was thundering and lightning and raining as hard as ever. And I of
course was petrified. But my grandmothers knew how to calm my fear.
We sat down on the couch in the den
and Granny (a different Granny from my last post) sat on one side of me and
MaMa sat on the other side. They said, “Let’s pray.” And so they began to pray
that God would calm the storm. When their prayer was over, I opened my eyes,
lifted my head, and peered out the kitchen window to see that the wind had
stopped and the rain had ceased. There was no question in my mind that day that
there is a God and He heard my grandmothers’ prayer. And to me, that meant that
He cared about me.
Friend, I still think about that
day often and I still know that there is a God who hears me when I speak to Him
because He cares for me. And He has put me here today to tell you that no
matter what storm you face in life, He can calm it. He is the Master of the
wind. Just trust Him.
Maybe you’re here today and you
have never come to know Jesus Christ as Lord of your life. If that is so, I
pray that you would come to know Him before it is eternally too late for you.
Turn completely from all sin and acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord. If you will
do that, He will save you today and keep you saved forever.
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