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Enthusiastic Oar Dipping

Written on a 4x6 note card by Stan Julin.

[Blog Author's Note:  What follows are my father's musings as he read Matthew 8.  I found these thoughts interesting enough to share in spite of the fact that they are not organized into a carefully built line of reasoning.]

April 8, 2000
Matthew 8:  When the disciples awakened Jesus, they were probably not standing, the waves were so fierce.  When Jesus sat up, He was not groggy but rational:  Why are ye fearful, little faiths?  He said that sitting down; then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, etc.  I imagine there was usually some drudgery associated with rowing across Galilee, but this time I suppose there was some thinking going on with every dip of an oar the rest of the way across. 
 

What about our drudgery?  At least with Jesus in the boat, we are going somewhere that matters.  Where is the enthusiastic oar dipping?

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