I need this life-giving lesson for my own famine season as I {try} my best to do what I can do day in and day out. I need to recognize that my {trying}, my persevering under trying circumstances might just be breathing life into the one beside me who is having difficulty finding hope for our future.
Either way, I tend to be quick to jump out of the boat - just like Peter - right into the water two feet first. My eyes are on Jesus, wanting to succeed in this new adventure, and make Him proud of me - a step and then another. But the waves and the wind and the dark, scariness of the whole thing overwhelms my initial excitement and...
The disciples were obediently {try-ing} to get across to the other side as Jesus directed them to do, but the wind and the waves wouldn't release their boat. They were stuck and afraid.
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