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When Jesus woke up,
he rebuked the wind
and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!"
Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm.
Mark 4:39 NLT
Sometimes I wish this would just happen now.
Jesus just say stop.
Stop the craziness of war.
The shooting of innocent people.
Stop our children, our wives and partners from being hurt.
Stop the hunger and despair.
Stop the noise of this world that threatens to derail, and the selfish thoughts that bubble up in my own heart...
Silence.
Be still.
Jesus team got a taste of that. In the middle of the night, in the middle of the storm, in the noise, and the fear...
Silence
Stillness
For them it was found in Jesus, and for us, He is where the noise and madness of this world is silenced and stilled.
We can get a taste, a glimpse of how it should be.
A glimpse of the day when all tears will be wiped away, when what is hurt, will be fully unhurt, when what is broken will be fully unbroken.
#onedayallwillbemadenew
#hope
#livinghope
#glimpsesofhowitshouldbe

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