CLIMBING OUT OF THE BOAT
Today's reading: Leviticus 25, Mark 6:30-56, Psalm 45:6-12

"When they arrived at Gennesaret on the other side of the lake, they anchored the boat and climbed out..." Mark 6:53-54 NLT

This boatful of disciples had just had the ride of their lives!

A long day of healings and teachings. A '12 baskets of leftovers' kind of miracle. Jesus walking on water. The winds and waves calming in His presence.

And as they pull up their boats to the docks at Gennesaret, they undoubtedly had to spend a minute or two regaining their sea-legs.

There is no way they stepped off the boat the same men they had been when they stepped on.

No way. No way in the world!

Maybe you've just been on the ride of your life with God.

A diagnosis. A round of treatments. A choice made by another that completely upended your world. A change in status. A move.

Something may have happened that is leaving you a completely different person than a year ago at this time.

You are not the same.

Your faith has been stretched. Your comfort zone has been enlarged. Your belief system has been uprooted, replanted and set firmly back into the ground.

You are stepping off the boat a different person.

You are 'exiting the ride' as someone new--someone who knows the depths, lengths and heights of God's love for you.

Can you say it's been worth the ride??