Dear Father, Storms have a way of revealing the flawed and fragile parts of us. Scripture narrates a time when Jesus and His disciples were on their way to Galilee: “And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And Jesus was asleep in the hinder part of the ship; and they awake Him, and said unto Him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?” First, it is not unnatural to be anxious or afraid in such a situation, so it was not necessarily their fear that was the problem, it was the error their fear produced--a false judgment that Jesus’ stillness meant He did not care. It is easy to discuss stories while missing the most important aspect: how they apply to us. How often storms have led us to question Your love; how quickly Your silence becomes, in our minds, evidence of Your absence--so much so that we try to project our unrest onto You. As though the depth of Your love is measured by how much of our panic You are willing to mirror, or how visibly affected You are by our storms. How easily we forget: You are God, and what unsettles us do not unsettle You. Father, there are lessons we are meant to learn from Scripture, yet we have not fully outgrown the mistakes of those before us. We repeat them--so focused on the storms that we forget You are in our boat. And even when we remember, we still assume falsely; Should we be told that What terrifies us does not trouble You--it is subject to You. Translations; Slide 1: English Slide 2: French Slide 3: Bengali Slide 4: Hindu Slide 5: Urdu #LettertoGod #storm #peace #stillness #fear