“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
Matthew 14:28
The first storm of the season rumbling through the night; flickering through deep dreaming and deeper sleep a brief brightness. Jesus says, “I am the light of the world.” He belongs to what is above. “If you do not believe that I Am, you will die in your sins.” Lord, you force a choice, a narrow gate to pass through, a cross to bear. The fierce challenge of your gospel piercing us; are we with you or against you? Apostle Peter asks for all of us “ To whom would we turn?” The world is a riotous sea full of wind and wild waves. Yet, there you stand in peace on this storm calling. Oh, may I step out of this boat onto the roiling darkness. May I keep my gaze on you and not look down. Soul of Christ, draw me near that I may serve you and praise you in all this passing diminishing with the blazing of infinity in its' wake. Christ have infinite mercy on me, a sinner, who comes before you poor and desperate, in a fractured vessel sinking.
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