As Jesus slept through the storm, the disciples were in despair and fear.
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I think most of us have felt an apparent absence, silence, or inactivity from God; it seems that He is sleeping while we are dealing with our needs, a strong storm in our life that we feel our life is sinking, and there is no sign that the storm is going to end soon.
In these days that we have had low temperatures, I remember that in February 2021, we had some very cold days.
There is a passage that I share a lot in funerals, and it is Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, and it tells us that everything has its time, to weep and to laugh, to embrace and to refrain from embracing, to be born and to die.
Every time I get home, the first question is, “How was your day? And typically my answer is, Great!
A group of friends, a sick person, helped and directed by those friends to Jesus. Not only was he healed, but his sins were forgiven, religious authorities were scandalized, and witnesses to this event were amazed.
Jesus was teaching a great number of people, so many that no one else could enter.
In the past, it was very common to stop praying when I was angry about something, did not feel comfortable, or did not feel like praying.
In the mid-nineties, I was sent to work as a manager in a clothing store in another city.