Friday, March 15, 2019

MATT Good morning! I’m Matt Farmer, Associate Pastor at Central United Methodist Church in Meridian. When a helicopter crashed in a cold, mountainous wilderness, the pilots survived but were seriously injured. The frozen afternoon stretched toward an even more freezing night. The situation seemed hopeless until a rescue helicopter appeared to carry the survivors off to safety. “How did you know where we were?” an injured man asked. “The homing device on your aircraft,” the rescuers told him. “It went off automatically when you went down. All we had to do was follow it.” The disciples of Jesus also experienced the joy of being rescued. They had been struggling as they rowed their boat against wind and waves on the Sea of Galilee. Then Jesus came to them, walking on the water, and calmed the sea. We may experience similar times when we feel trapped, hurt, lonely, or discouraged. However, our cries of grief are beacons that bring Christ to our side—right when we need Him most.