Don't you get it? I'm sleeping in your boat!

Lessons on Faith (Mk 4:35-41 )
So often I forget where my faith is supposed to rest. I place my faith in what I can hold and clutch and control with my own hands. I place my faith in bailing bowls (like the disciples in the storm) and I toil and strive to keep my ship afloat on my own strength. I often invite God in on MY terms and give him my small mechanism’s and solutions and then ask him to start bailing with me. I can picture Jesus waking up and wiping the sleep from his eyes and with a grin rising to his feet. I can feel him touching his hand to my shoulder and saying, Quiet, Be Still. As if he is saying to me, “Don’t you get it?”. Your ship can’t sink. This boat and all that is in it are in my command and if I’m in your boat you need not worry. Put down your futile little bailing bowl and hold my hand. I’m in your boat, I’m right here…put your faith in me and all will be still!