Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Thou Shalt Not Disturb the Napping of Thy Lord

After talking to someone from the bottom-dwellers group, I realized that both groups talked a bit tonight about Jesus calming the storm in Matthew 8. I just wanted to pose a question for discussion: Judging by Jesus' gentle rebuke when the disciples freaked out and woke him up, the disciples' decision to awaken him obviously showed a lack of faith (this is a brilliant deduction, I know). My question is, what would faith have looked like in that situation? Waiting out the storm and letting Jesus sleep? Waking him, but with a different sort of approach (more different less scareder, B-rent)? I would love to hear some thoughts!