In today's first reading, Gen. 19: 15-29, God sends angels to lead Lot and his family out of Sodom, which God is about to destroy because of the wickedness of the people. In the today's Gospel, Matthew 8: 23-27, Jesus saves his disciple from a storm at sea. Both readings reveal a God who is imminent, compassionate, and aware of times that we are in danger. God is a God always ready to help us in time of need.
How should you and I live according to these Scripture readings? God, I believe, would say to us: Live in complete trust of Me, Your Savior, and of God, your Father and the Holy Spirit, your Sanctifier. By your lives, may other people know that I am an imminent God, a God whom you trust, confide in and love with your whole heart. Learn from Lot to trust me when I send angels to direct you out of danger. From the disciples in the boat thrown about by turbulent weather, learn to call upon Me in your need. I am never asleep, as the disciples thought I was. Know, as they learned, that no storm is too great for Me or the Father or the Spirit to calm. We will keep you safe always!
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