Hi! Pastor Gaylene here! It’s Friday! I hope this Friday finds you well and planning a wonderful weekend somewhere cool and you get to do something fun!
This week’s message is found in the 14th chapter of Matthew. It is the story of Jesus walking on water. When I was a kid my Dad told me a joke about these two deacons and a buddy who went fishing. They’re out on the lake and one of the deacons says, “I left my hat in the car.” And he gets out of the boat and walks on the water to the shore and back to the boat. He returns to the boat and the other deacon says, “I left my thermos in the truck.” He climbs out of the boat and walks across the water to the shore returning the same way. Their buddy decides to try this miraculous walking on water thing. So, he climbs out of the boat and promptly sinks into the water and struggles to the shore. The two deacons look at one another and one of them says, “You think we should have told him where the rocks were.”
That is a silly story. But this story of Jesus is not so silly. Jesus has just come off losing his cousin John to a brutal execution. Followed by the feeding of 5000 souls and healing their sicknesses. He sends the disciples back home across the Sea of Galilee while he goes back to the mountain for a well deserved time of rest and prayer.
A raging storm happens on the sea and the disciples are struggling to get back to the shore. They are terrified and then they see Jesus walking on the water. So the question for us is what do we do when we find ourselves terrified and don’t know what to do? And what can we learn from this miraculous fete Jesus shows to the disciples? Come to Hope Lutheran Church at 9:00 am in Springtown, Texas this Sunday and find out.
We are a casual dress, friendly, coffee drinking bunch who welcome ALL who come through our doors.
Come and see.
Come as you are.
Come and fellowship.
Come and Worship.
See you Sunday! Love ya’! PGC (Pastor Gaylene Chrystie)
