Today's Gospel follows the curing of the centurion's servant, the healing of Peter's mother-in-law and Jesus' reply to two men who wanted to be His disciples. Now, as Jesus and His disciples crossed the lake a storm suddenly blew up. It seems this is a common feature of Lake Galilee. Actually the word that Matthew uses for 'storm' should be translated 'earthquake'. Jesus' coming into the world was truly an earth-shaking experience - as this story will reveal. While waves crashed into the boat Jesus remained fast asleep. In great fear, the disciples woke him up," 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. "What sort of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey him?" 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 realization of who Jesus their Master really was. From this story 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 just taking things away, he helps us to go through them and keep our peace.