What to do in a storm

Run to the basement? Run to the Lord and see his nature, goodness, and power

May is a big month for big springtime storms: Tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flash floods can and do strike with frightening speed. And those caught in such inclement weather can just as quickly feel helpless, on their own. The gospels record several times when Jesus seemingly left his disciples "on their own," without any immediate visible assistance from himself. On one such occasion he sent them straight into a storm, while he went away by himself to pray. Both Matthew and Mark record that Jesus was not very polite about it-he made them go (the King James Version says compelled; the Greek term means to force). Once they got out into the middle of the sea, a storm arose, so that their boat was "buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it."

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