Part 11 (1/2)

The disciples were going to be good ground for the seed that Jesus sowed

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8 Jesus Is Strong

That night Jesus said to the disciples, ”Let us go across the lake”

Simon and Andrew and Jaet a boat, and they kne to sail it too

All twelve disciples, along with Jesus, climbed into a boat and pushed away from shore

The Sea of Galilee was a lovely blue lake in the dayti it was lovely too, when the waves were lapping peacefully against the side of a boat, and the stars ca overhead

But the Sea of Galilee was not always so lovely or so peaceful

So down the steep banks around the lake, and the water grehite and angry

Then again everything ht be calone very far a stor all around It would toss the boat around like driftwood, and then it would be too late to turn back to shore

Some of the disciples were fishermen, and they had fished here all their lives They knehat the sudden storms were like It was no surprise to the wind had blown therow black as ink, and the great foaainst the shi+p and fill it up ater There was nothing anyone could do about it nobody could sail or row or steer the boat any longer Only God hi the poor sailors safe to shore

The sea was rough already, and getting rougher every minute They were afraid They were always afraid of the sea when storerous and terrible, and htfulthem up and down before it sed theood, safe land! They had been so worried and so tired that night; so discouraged about Jesus and his work And now there was this stor! It looked as if none of them would live to see another day They had left their homes and fa Jesus if they were all to be drowned?

Now the boat was full of water They tried to bail it out, but the fisher they could do would be of any use

In the dark they could hardly see one another's faces Where was Jesus? No one had heard a word froan to blow

They found him at the back of the boat, just where he hen they left the shore He was stretched out on a seat, resting on a pillow

And he was fast asleep!

The disciples were angry Anyto turn over, and there was Jesus sleeping as though nothing in the world rong!

One of the men took Jesus by the shoulders, and shook him awake They shouted at him, ”Master, doesn't it matter to you if we are all drowned?”