Sometime things are bigger than we are

Today started off like lots of other days. My sister had to make a trip to the dentist and I hung in the house for a little while reading my Bible and checking email. Next off to the barn I go to feed the horses. For sure the water hoses are frozen so they will need thawing. I had brought them in the evening before.

Out in the barn I go breezing through hitching all the pregnant mares and other horses. Some of the horses share stalls so they all get hitched before feeding time. That way there is no competetion for feed. The horses are nickering and getting impatient for feed. I don't blame them, the night was cold and this morning it is windy and cold.

The water hoses still need thawing!

My nephew appears and we get the hoses hung and a heater started. We investigate the 4 wheeler to see why it doesn't start. Ignition coil is not cooperating, that is the reason the plug will not fire. About this time my sister calls and we give her the information to get the coil coming our way. Next my son calls.

He and his two sons are coming down to start cutting riding trails through the woods. That is good news. He was asking how the roads were. I told him Mary had gone to the dentist this morning, which meant the road had been traveled at least once already. I get the horses fed the feed and hay; I decide it is time for me to go to the house for a bit since it is really cold and windy while the hoses thaw out. A cup of coffee sounded really good about now.

I was in the basement tending to some chores there when my cell phone rings. It is my grandson. They had been involved in a crash on the way to the farm. He asked me to come to it. When I got there my son had been run off the road by a driver who had lost control of their vehicle. My son had started over a steep bank with about a 25 foot drop off. Thankfully a large tree caught his truck in the back and another caught the front of his truck. The truck is pretty much totalled. My son and my two grandsons are all OK! The truck, not so much! Sometimes circumstances are bigger than we are.

Everyone is OK! God just answered prayers by taking care of everyone. My sister and I pray for all of our clan every night. Sure the truck is a mess but, everyone is OK! I was sharing with my grandson tonight before they left to go home. Yes, they went to the woods and worked on the riding trail even after the accident. I was explaing the time when Jesus told His disciples to take the boat and go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. They did exactly as Jesus had told them but they had so much trouble they would not have made it to the other side. Matthew 14:22-24

In the middle of the night Jesus came to them walking on the water. Jesus calmed the storm for them. The diciples were doing exactly as Jesus told them but they were having great difficulty. Their circumstances were bigger than they were. We sometimes experience the same trouble. We are doing exactly as we should be, but, difficulty overtakes us. Sometimes our circumstances are bigger than we are. These are the times we need to get close to Jesus and ask Him to calm the storms of life.

This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for He faced all of the same testings we do, yet He did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.


(Hebrews 4:15-16 NLT)

Good day to you all and I pray Jesus calms your storm.

Bob