Yesterday we saw Jesus telling His disciples to get into a boat to cross to the other side of the lake of Tiberias. Now, as they crossed the lake a storm suddenly blew up. Actually the word that Matthew uses for 'storm' should be translated 'earthquake'. It indicates that there is more to this story than just a story. While waves crashed into the boat Jesus remained fast asleep. In great fear, the disciples woke up him, "Lord, save us! We are lost!" Jesus was not very sympathetic. "Where is your courage? How little faith you have!" Then he stood up and rebuked the wind and sea. There immediately followed a complete calm. The disciples were awestruck and, in a way, were more afraid than ever. A storm they could understand but not what they saw Jesus doing. "What sort of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey him?" In their book, only one person could have this kind of power and that was God himself. Their question contained its own answer. It was a further step in their realising just who Jesus their Master really was. The power of God can be visible in our own lives too, if we only care to look. Above all, we can learn to be aware that God is close to us at all times, that he does know, that he does care, that instead of taking things away, he helps us to go through them and keep our peace.