so here it is, 6 months later, but just as relevant...
two days ago, as we were putting illy down to sleep, we read her a bedtime story out of "the sweetest story bible". it was the scripture where the disciples and Jesus are at sea and Jesus falls asleep. then a huge storm comes, threatening to capsize their boat. the disciples call out in fear, Jesus awakes, and commands the wind and the waves to cease. they are amazed.
yesterday night i was doing dishes and overhear brian reading to illy from "children of God storybook Bible". this particular story was titled "Jesus calms the sea". hmmm, i thought, that's funny - we just read that same story last night. i continued doing dishes.
and this morning illy is taking a rockstar nap...working on 2 hours! i read my proverb and a bit in mark, like i have been doing the past several weeks. and i decided to just read a bit more. the next passage was...you guessed it - mark 4:35-41, "Jesus calms a storm".
so what is going on in my life that so desperately needs to hear this word? ooh, idontknow. i'm not sure i realized just how stressed this week has been, except for the fact that i word vomit on brian as soon as we get home from work.
ironically, life did get a lot more complicated (and stressful) just a couple of weeks after i originally wrote this post. thankfully though, the story is the same: Jesus can calm any storm.
so maybe it's no coincidence. maybe it is His sovereignty looking over me and i finally had eyes to see.
