Get Out the Boat!

Since November I have been to Chicago, Illinois, Baltimore, Maryland and Hennings Tennessee.  Each time I visit a state I came down with symptoms of the flu.  On one of those trips I became so ill all I could do is go from the bathroom to the bedroom.  When some of my friends heard about this, immediately they counseled me that I was doing too much, and I should just stay home.  As if I couldn't get sick even if I did stay at home.

Whereas I am very grateful for all that the Lord has done for me and still doing, I just can't live in a vacuum, or live with fear because something might happen to me.  Once when I had come home from the hospital, I was about to take a shower, a friend called and said, don't do nothing if you are alone in the house, not even take a shower because something might happen.  Well, that same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, dwells in us, what do we have to fear?  Also, the night I was rushed to the hospital, my sister and brother just happen to be here visiting.  I live alone and I am so grateful how God had my siblings in the right place at the right time, because God knows everything.  So whether I am here at home or abroad, I'm trusting God to take care of me.

I think of Peter how he walked on water at Jesus' command, but before Peter could walk on water, he had to get out the boat.

That is all I am doing, getting out the boat and trusting God for water walking faith.


Ernestine P. Stewart

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