Tuesday, August 7th
Peter answered, "Lord, if it is You, tell Me to come to You across the water." "Come". Said Jesus. Then Peter started to walk … took fright and began to sink. "Save me." he cried. Jesus put out His hand at once and held him. "Man of little faith,"
He said. "why did you doubt?"
Matthew 14:28-31

Which of My beloved, committed ones have not known the anguish of dark and stormy waters, and the dereliction of their pain? Yet were they never alone, and at the time of the deepest pain I was closest at hand. And even the most perilous seas are held in the hollow of the Father's hand. Not one of the Father's beloved children ever perished save those who sought their self-destruction and the destruction of others: for such the Father grieves with an anguish which can never be known.

But all who offer themselves in loving commitment to the Father's will and good purpose are at some point, maybe not once but many times, caught up in the deep swell of the world's suffering. This person or that cause is given in loving trust to a faithfully committed one to love and prosper in the Way, even through the perilous waters of the deep. But I am always at hand to encourage, sustain and progress to the end.

Let all who encounter that which dismays and makes afraid commit themselves afresh to the Father's all-embracing loving purpose and take My outstretched hand which will hold, sustain and save. So will they arrive at the haven where they would be.