Epiphany 4 February 3, 2019 The Sunday of Calming the Storm
Epiphany 4
Matthew 8:23-27
February 3, 2019
“Sleep Through Anything”
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Jonah was asleep on the boat when the storms raged. Jesus was sleeping soundly on the boat in the middle of a storm.
Our troubles tend to show up in our sleep. If you’re not at peace, your sleep won’t be at peace. If you’re anxious, your sleep will be anxious. So forth. Even as kids, our anxieties and fears show up in our dreams. We have nightmares. And we have just plain weird dreams. I bet most of you can remember a dream or two from your childhood. I still remember a dream from seventh grade when we were leaving for a basketball tournament in Chicago and I dreamt that they left without me because I wasn’t ready to go. I was terrified. Compare all of that unrestful sleep to Jesus sleeping peacefully on a boat while big waves are coming over the sides and the lightning and thunder are booming.
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