About 10 years ago, I had a real crisis of faith. I left church after asking my pastors (3 of them) and a famous radio host who I met at one of his productions this question: "What do you do when Jesus gets out of your boat?" None of them could answer me. These were men of God whom I had trusted for years for spiritual guidance, and yet none of them could give me any insight. I strayed for several years, and then found my way back to my faith through the grace of God. About a year ago, out of nowhere, I was having some quiet time after worshiping God in my living room. A still small voice spoke to me (not audibly) and said, "I was on the stormy seas asking you to come to me. You see, I wanted you to know that the seas might be scary and choppy, but if you keep your eyes on me, you won't sink and be swallowed up." I have really been thinking about that a lot for the past week or so and thought I'd share with my FB friends and family. Maybe someone needs that question answered, too.  So my thought for today will be, "Am I going to focus on Jesus and walk on stormy seas, or am I going to focus on the storm and begin to sink?"  

On a side note, my former pastor (Des Evans) spoke on a particular part of that story.  He focused on the phrase, "began to sink".  Have you ever fallen into the water?  I have.  There was no "beginning" about it!  How does one, "begin to sink"?  Even in his faltering faith, Jesus did not let Peter sink.  He just let him "begin" to sink.  Then he reached and grabbed his hand.  We sure do have an awesome and wonderful Savior.

So, the reason for this blog?  Worship leads to revelation and revelation leads to worship!  (That's another Des Evans phrase!)  When I had this revelation and word spoken to me by the Holy Spirit, I begin crying and worshiping God all over again.  What a powerful and merciful God we serve!