saw the disciples straining at the oars” (Mark 6:48). This is understandable when we remember that these events took place at the time of the Passover, when there was always a full moon, and that it was a windstorm, rather than a rainstorm with clouds, that churned the water. Have the experiences through which you have gone taught you that Jesus is watching you and knows your circumstances? He does not make things too easy for any of us. He knows that muscles that are never used grow flabby. We must