sink the boat and drown them. Worst of all, Jesus was sleeping through it! Didn’t he realize that they all were going to drown? So they woke him and asked with a tone of rebuke, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” Their words were more of a criticism than a call for help. How easy it is for us to complain and criticize God for not coming to our aid, rather than making our request and then trusting him to answer. These words of the disciples occur only in Mark and prepare the way for the theme