Today's passage from Mark 4:35-41 kind of brings my week to a perfect end. It reminds me that in some way or another we all go through bad things in life with those around us. And it's by our faith in God we help each other get through these times.
Our summer school class had a very trying day yesterday. The students can sense the end with only 3 days to go and are getting restless. The teacher is trying her best to maintain some sort of order in the class, but is being resisted at almost every try and is feeling the frustration. And I'm stuck in the middle of keeping the class calm and the teacher from losing it.
It's been this way for almost the entire summer school, and it hasn't been easy, and to be perfectly honest it's through my daily devotions and ability to "escape" to a home and church where love is all that lives which has helped me through these times. After reading today's passage, though, I realize I'm not the only one going through these tough times. We're all in one boat, so to speak, and the storm around us is building; winds billowing, waves pounding at the boat's sides, and the boat is beginning to take on water.
One of the girls in the class told me yesterday, "Mr., you need to find a way to help Miss relax, you're the only calm person in here." My reply was that we all need to help her by just doing the things she asks, without attitude, and get through the next 3 days the best we can. She just smiled and nodded.
Now I wonder what other things in our lives need not only the voice of calm, but also the knowledge that we're all in it together. We don't go through our troubling times alone, not ever. We have family, friends, caring adults or teenagers or children. We also have our God. We're all in one boat, going through the same storms, and now more than ever we need each other.
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