So, today in seminary we talked about Mark 4:37-41,
which reads:
37- And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into
the ship, so that it was now full.
38- And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow:
and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39- And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea,
peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40- And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? How is it that
ye have no faith?
41- And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What
manner of man is this, that even the wind and sea obey him?
We were talking about how sometimes we might feel like Christ is "sleeping" when we have trials in our lives, but in reality, He has everything under control. I couldn't think of a moment when I've ever really thought that, so I guess it didn't sink in quite as much as it could have. However, after school, I had a crazy experience which kinda helped it make A LOT more sense.
Today while walking down the hall to get my chemistry book, I saw my friends Lexee and Blaine in the hallway, working on their physics lab. They needed a timer, so I let them borrow my phone. I forgot to get it back after class, AND lunch, AND after school. When I got home, I called my phone, thinking Blaine had it. Someone answered, but it didn't *quite* sound like Blaine, and I assumed that he was probably just tired and sounding un-Blaine-y. I drove to his house, which just so happens to be on a pretty steep hill. I stopped in front of his house and put the emergency brake on. When he answered the door, we found out that it was indeed not Blaine who had my phone, it was Matt (Lexee had given it to him). All of a sudden, Blaine's mom, who was standing by the door, said, "What's going on??" I turned around and the car was ROLLING DOWN THE HILL. It rolled, turned, went up on their neighbor's lawn, hit a rock in the front garden (we think), bounced back and rolled onto my friend Ian's lawn, finally stopping with the front wheels on the grass and the back wheels on the road. Might I say, SCARIEST. EXPERIENCE. OF. MY. LIFE. Probably. Luckily, no one was hurt, the yards are okay (except a few flowers), and the car is fine!!
The whole experience got me thinking- Christ doesn't always keep bad things from happening to us. In fact, trials make us stronger and teach us big lessons! Though He may not keep bad experiences from happening, He does keep them from getting too far out of hand and will take the wheel. In my case, I think he literally did just that. See, I usually say a prayer when I drive because let's be honest here, I'm a female Asian teenage driver in Utah. That's not exactly the best combination. Today I didn't pray before I drove. Maybe I'd just gotten over-confident and didn't feel like I needed to. I'm not totally sure how the car managed to turn at the weird angle that it did, but if it hadn't, the car could have gotten wrecked really badly, other property would've been damaged, and it's possible that someone could have gotten hurt. Just remember, the Lord is always there, even if you don't feel like He is, or if, like me, you simply forget. He knows what you can handle, and sometimes you need to struggle a bit before He'll come to your aid, because you need to learn something. As others have said, "Sometimes you wonder why you can't hear God's voice during your trials. But remember, the teacher is always quiet during the test." Please don't forget that He always knows what's going on and wants to help you, but you have to do your part first... And don't forget to put the car in park before you turn it off. :)
We were talking about how sometimes we might feel like Christ is "sleeping" when we have trials in our lives, but in reality, He has everything under control. I couldn't think of a moment when I've ever really thought that, so I guess it didn't sink in quite as much as it could have. However, after school, I had a crazy experience which kinda helped it make A LOT more sense.
Today while walking down the hall to get my chemistry book, I saw my friends Lexee and Blaine in the hallway, working on their physics lab. They needed a timer, so I let them borrow my phone. I forgot to get it back after class, AND lunch, AND after school. When I got home, I called my phone, thinking Blaine had it. Someone answered, but it didn't *quite* sound like Blaine, and I assumed that he was probably just tired and sounding un-Blaine-y. I drove to his house, which just so happens to be on a pretty steep hill. I stopped in front of his house and put the emergency brake on. When he answered the door, we found out that it was indeed not Blaine who had my phone, it was Matt (Lexee had given it to him). All of a sudden, Blaine's mom, who was standing by the door, said, "What's going on??" I turned around and the car was ROLLING DOWN THE HILL. It rolled, turned, went up on their neighbor's lawn, hit a rock in the front garden (we think), bounced back and rolled onto my friend Ian's lawn, finally stopping with the front wheels on the grass and the back wheels on the road. Might I say, SCARIEST. EXPERIENCE. OF. MY. LIFE. Probably. Luckily, no one was hurt, the yards are okay (except a few flowers), and the car is fine!!
The whole experience got me thinking- Christ doesn't always keep bad things from happening to us. In fact, trials make us stronger and teach us big lessons! Though He may not keep bad experiences from happening, He does keep them from getting too far out of hand and will take the wheel. In my case, I think he literally did just that. See, I usually say a prayer when I drive because let's be honest here, I'm a female Asian teenage driver in Utah. That's not exactly the best combination. Today I didn't pray before I drove. Maybe I'd just gotten over-confident and didn't feel like I needed to. I'm not totally sure how the car managed to turn at the weird angle that it did, but if it hadn't, the car could have gotten wrecked really badly, other property would've been damaged, and it's possible that someone could have gotten hurt. Just remember, the Lord is always there, even if you don't feel like He is, or if, like me, you simply forget. He knows what you can handle, and sometimes you need to struggle a bit before He'll come to your aid, because you need to learn something. As others have said, "Sometimes you wonder why you can't hear God's voice during your trials. But remember, the teacher is always quiet during the test." Please don't forget that He always knows what's going on and wants to help you, but you have to do your part first... And don't forget to put the car in park before you turn it off. :)
