From Scripture · Mark 4:35–41
When Jesus Slept in the Boat
Water broke over the boat. The disciples woke Jesus with a question that still hurts.
That evening Jesus wanted to cross to the other shore with his disciples. A storm came up on the way. Waves broke over the boat, and Jesus slept in the stern on a cushion.
The disciples woke him. They asked whether he cared that they were going under. Jesus got up, rebuked the wind and spoke to the sea. Everything went quiet. Afterwards the disciples asked one another who this man was, that even the wind and water obeyed him.
The question from the boat has stayed with us. That’s what prayer can sound like when you’re afraid and you’ve run out of the right words. If that’s all you can pray today, pray that.
Read the passage · Mark 4:35–41