“There is a difference between sorrow and despair. Sorrow is pain for which there are sources of consolation. Sorrow comes from losing one good thing among others, so that, if you experience a career reversal, you can find comfort in your family to get you through it. Despair, however, is inconsolable, because it comes from losing an ultimate thing. When you lose the ultimate source of your meaning or hope, there are no alternative sources to turn to. It breaks your spirit.” -Tim Keller Counterfeit Gods

Mark 4:35 CSB – On that day, when evening had come, he told them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.”

Mark 4:36 CSB – So they left the crowd and took him along since he was in the boat. And other boats were with him.

Mark 4:37 CSB – A great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped.

Mark 4:38 CSB – He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher! Don’t you care that we’re going to die?”

Psalm 121:3-4 CSB – He will not allow your foot to slip;
your Protector will not slumber.
4 Indeed, the Protector of Israel
does not slumber or sleep.

Mark 4:39 CSB – He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Silence! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

Mark 4:40 CSB – Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid?Do you still have no faith?”

Mark 4:41 CSB – And they were terrified and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him!”

Psalm 107:23-30 CSB – Others went to sea in ships,
conducting trade on the vast water.
24 They saw the Lord’s works,
his wondrous works in the deep.
25 He spoke and raised a stormy wind
that stirred up the waves of the sea.
26 Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,
their courage melting away in anguish,
27 they reeled and staggered like a drunkard,
and all their skill was useless.
28 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress.
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30 They rejoiced when the waves grew quiet.
Then he guided them to the harbor they longed for.

Next Steps

Invite Others into Your Chaos

Saturate Your Heart with God’s Word

Take Care of Your Body

Reserve Quiet Time with God Daily