Earlier this year, one of my friends created this bucket list of things he wanted to do before he turned 30, and I thought what a great idea that was! So I took his brilliant idea, and decided to create a list of my own. My Top 10 list ranges from fun things like ice-skate in Central Park, learn a new language (Norwegian and Spanish!), meet Dolly Parton to more serious things like bring my Papaw to Nashville for a day, run a 5k and read the Bible in full…..all before I turn 30 next June.
I found a great guide to reading the Bible in one year and immediately downloaded it to my Kindle. It’s a bit of an Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs and New Testament a day. I’m almost a month in and am relearning about these stories, and in some cases, seeing them in a different context.
One of my stories earlier this week was when Jesus walked on water.
Matthew 14:25-31:
“Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, ”tell me to come to you on the water.” “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
As I read these passages, it hit me… “every day we are Peter!”
You see, the water he was walking on towards Jesus is our life, our path and the wind that came through is our struggles. When Peter looked down, he started sinking. That is us on our journey when we stop relying on God or doubt His love, companionship in our lives….we start sinking. But never fear! God is always there to reach out to us and catch us when we fall. That is a promise.
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