Fear Not

My wife was such a good mother to our four children.  But when they were sick and vomiting, she was useless.  She would go to their side to help, but she got sick herself.  When the children were sick, I cleaned them up.  If Kathy helped, I cleaned up the sick child AND the weak-stomached mother.  I had two problems.  Hey, when Jesus and His disciples went across the Sea of Galilee, Jesus had a problem with the storm AND a problem with His faithless disciples.  Jesus had two problems.  Mark 4:38-41, “And he (Jesus) was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”  That indictment of Jesus rings across the centuries: “Why are ye so fearful?”  If the Master of the universe is with us, why indeed are we so fearful?  Don’t be fearful today.  Fear not!  Jesus is right there with you!