Posted by The WORD in other words (2006) by Sister Marilyn Leano, SSpS
Tuesday 18th Week in Ordinary Time
I was a volunteer at the Home of Love where abandoned children are taken care of. One day in the nursery, I took the initiative to care for a tiny month-old baby. I was feeding her when all of a sudden her lips turned violet. I panicked. In my heart I pleaded. “Lord, please save her. Don’t let her die in her arms.” I rushed to the person in-charge and through her calm efforts, the baby coughed and her lips became red again.
This experience of panic came back to me when I read Peter’s story.…Afraid to sink down, he cried out, “Save me, Lord.” Jesus reached out to save him yet reprimanded him for his lack of faith. Peter’s cry for help came out of fear, not as an expression of confidence that Jesus saves.
What Jesus wants of us is to trust Him whatever situation we are in. This trust will only grow through a faith-life that is rooted in one’s personal experience of God. Prayer and being in communion with the One who loves us can give us real security in times of uncertainty.
“Lord, help me to trust, to believe that before anything happens you are resolved to save me always. Amen.”
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