Monday 5 October 2020

The other side

 


Luke 8:22-23

One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they put out, and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A windstorm swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger.

Do I really want to get to the other side?

Who knows what is waiting there?

The other side

is not a destination

but another threshold

to the unknown

Who knows who - or what will meet us there?

(Jesus encountered a Demoniac on the other shore)

Sometimes, even in a storm,

hunkering down in the stern of the boat

seems a better prospect

than venturing to the other side

Turbulence brings its own kind of security

It’s when the storm abates

and the other shore is within reach 

that a whole new drama begins

and we long to be back in the storm

with Jesus asleep in our midst.

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