Matthew 14:30
But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!
I can relate to Peter here, as 25 years ago I uttered very similar words just after my only son took his life with a handgun and I found him shortly after I heard the shot. These same words are, of course, found in Psalms 109 and Psalms 116.
While I had the urge immediately to go to a bar to get very drunk, Jesus did save me though a long process where He never left me, nor did He forsake me. Just like Peter in the example above, Christ rescued me and eventually delivered me on solid ground. I have a very solid Faith now, that I will meet my son in heaven. You see, he accepted Christ a couple of years before he took his life---thanks to a wonderful Christian woman who insisted he go to a summer Church camp. So, in a small sense, he and his believing sister led me [or paved the way] to the True Christ and I have recalled many other instances in my life where a small seed was planted in me.
Although I never served in the Military, I could relate to the PTS Disorder. Mental shock can destroy us if we let it. We are going to always want to seek peace and comfort after we go though a major trauma and now I can better understand much about what Christ is saying here:
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
You see, my life previously to this incident was very mixed up as I grew up as a Mormon and being a “jack-Mormon” at the time--- alcohol was my worldly solution back then. I eventually found that there was nothing even close to comfort I was feeling from the True Christ versus Mormonism. Christ started to lead me to establish a relative Peace in His Word that very day. It seemed that the more I concentrated on the Word and what it was saying---the calmer my mind became. I suppose I received the Holy spirit at some time as the words of the Bible suddenly made sense. I know not that praying outside of God's Will in foolishness. I was eventually to leave the Mormon church that I was brought up in and peruse Christ after God caused me to really study their beliefs and pit them against the Bible., as my separation from that church, that I had been in for 40 years, had to be complete. I had many arguments with my Mormon family members over my decision and even suffered some “shunning” when I left. But then, Christ and His strength made it clear what path I needed to take.
So my message is more on this Peace of Christ that for me has been a bedrock of my Faith. I eventually wrote The Peace of God which is out on Amazon and mainly Christian booksellers. {PM me--- if anyone is interested}
As we go through this current pandemic right now, it is so important that we find our way to this Peace as there is a huge amount of fearfulness and even panic over it all. Although I wrote the book before these current events, I find that The Peace of God so very vital.
But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!
I can relate to Peter here, as 25 years ago I uttered very similar words just after my only son took his life with a handgun and I found him shortly after I heard the shot. These same words are, of course, found in Psalms 109 and Psalms 116.
While I had the urge immediately to go to a bar to get very drunk, Jesus did save me though a long process where He never left me, nor did He forsake me. Just like Peter in the example above, Christ rescued me and eventually delivered me on solid ground. I have a very solid Faith now, that I will meet my son in heaven. You see, he accepted Christ a couple of years before he took his life---thanks to a wonderful Christian woman who insisted he go to a summer Church camp. So, in a small sense, he and his believing sister led me [or paved the way] to the True Christ and I have recalled many other instances in my life where a small seed was planted in me.
Although I never served in the Military, I could relate to the PTS Disorder. Mental shock can destroy us if we let it. We are going to always want to seek peace and comfort after we go though a major trauma and now I can better understand much about what Christ is saying here:
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
You see, my life previously to this incident was very mixed up as I grew up as a Mormon and being a “jack-Mormon” at the time--- alcohol was my worldly solution back then. I eventually found that there was nothing even close to comfort I was feeling from the True Christ versus Mormonism. Christ started to lead me to establish a relative Peace in His Word that very day. It seemed that the more I concentrated on the Word and what it was saying---the calmer my mind became. I suppose I received the Holy spirit at some time as the words of the Bible suddenly made sense. I know not that praying outside of God's Will in foolishness. I was eventually to leave the Mormon church that I was brought up in and peruse Christ after God caused me to really study their beliefs and pit them against the Bible., as my separation from that church, that I had been in for 40 years, had to be complete. I had many arguments with my Mormon family members over my decision and even suffered some “shunning” when I left. But then, Christ and His strength made it clear what path I needed to take.
So my message is more on this Peace of Christ that for me has been a bedrock of my Faith. I eventually wrote The Peace of God which is out on Amazon and mainly Christian booksellers. {PM me--- if anyone is interested}
As we go through this current pandemic right now, it is so important that we find our way to this Peace as there is a huge amount of fearfulness and even panic over it all. Although I wrote the book before these current events, I find that The Peace of God so very vital.
