Wednesday; March 21
One of the more intriguing stories of the Gospels occurred on a dark, stormy night. Jesus had just finished a busy day with thousands of people and decided He needed a little break. He sent the disciples on ahead of Him on the lake then He decided to join them later. As all of us learned in science class, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, so He took off to join them by walking on the water rather than taking the longer route by land. By the time Jesus caught up with the disciples’ boat they were scared and worn out by the storm. Jesus reassured them that He was not the Grim Reaper coming to take them away, which prompted Peter to ask if Jesus would help him walk on the water – to which Jesus said, “Come on!”. Most of us are familiar with the story of how Peter was able to walk on the water for a while, then was overcome by his fear of his surroundings and began to sink. While there are several lessons that can be learned from Peter’s faith (