In the midst of the many and various storms of life, both literal and metaphorical, what can the Church proclaim? What good news is there for folks whose lives seemed to be tattered by the wind and the waves? For those who are crying out to God and asking "why me?" or "why us?"
Sometimes when we read scripture in English, we can miss a lot of what the Gospel written was trying to communicate with carefully chosen words. For Luke, the word he uses to describe Jesus in Luke 8: 22-25, is master. While master is a common enough phrase, he chooses a very particular type of master - one who is a commander, trainer, and/ or overseer. Because the disciples do not doubt that Jesus is Master, because they do not doubt that he cares for them, they can turn to Jesus even in the midst of the storm.
I don't think when the disciples turned to Jesus for help they knew exactly what type of help he was going to give. In fact, they were in awe and wonder of the fact that he stopped the storm. They simply knew that they trusted Jesus and could turn to him.
Do we have that same level of trust and confidence in Jesus today? Do we simply turn to Jesus, because of the relationship we have with him? Do we truly consider him to be master and one who cares for us deeply? Can we turn to Christ in the midst of the storm?
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