Water Walking -- Matthew 14:22-33
I love watching storms. You can ask Anita. She has had to fuss at me through quite a few. During our first hurricane, Fran, at 2 am I was standing with the backdoor of the parsonage open, with the wind blowing pine needles, leaves, and branches straight toward us, just watching the storm. I hung out under the carport during parts of both Floyd and Isabel , as I do for almost any lightning storm that I can. Even though I fell asleep right before Arthur made land fall while we were at Atlantic Beach (after Fran, Floyd, and Isabel —Arthur seemed like a mere summer storm to me), the next morning I went and spent an hour walking on the beach in the back end of the winds. In fact, one of the first DVD’s we bought was Twister and Blu-Ray’s was The Day After Tomorrow . Like I said, I love watching storms… I’m not too sure that any of the Twelve did though. Jesus had spent the day teaching and healing—then when dinner time came around, he took five loaves of bread and two fish,