Jesus Calms the Storm

This last Sunday was week two in Sunday School for Charly and Cassie. They absolutely adore singing praise songs and they are now actively learning about our Savior they are singing so excitedly about. The Sunday before last, Cassie learned about how Jesus calmed the storm. She talked about it all week long. Then on the way to church her emotions were completely out of control as she tried to sort through that she had wanted to stay with Mimi and Papa and wanted to go to church, but couldn't get to that happy place where it was time to move from one to the other. So,..... she cried, she screamed, she begged, she pleaded, then suddenly I said to her. "Hey Cassie?" 

She says, while heaving, "Yeah, Mama?" 

I say, "What did you learn about Jesus last Sunday?"    

        

  "Je...suh,....us.... calms... the.... 

          STOOOORRRRMMMMM! Aaaaaaah!" 

So I suggest calmly, " Did you ask Him to calm the storm baby?" 

So Cassie sits in her car seat alternating between screaming and crying the following,

"Jesus calm the storm, JESUS CALM THE STORM, Jesus calm the storm, JESUS CALM THE STORM, Jesus calm the storm.... Jesus........ silence."  

"Cassie? Did He make it better?" silence.... "Cassie?" .... 

*pouting with tears in those baby blues* 

"Yeah, but I'm still sad, Mama." 

"It's okay to still be sad baby, just let Jesus help you calm down so you can still be happy, baby. okay?"

She smiled.... and suddenly clapped and yelled at me: 

"Yay, Jesus calms the storm Mama!"

 and just like that, Cassie's storm was over and she was happy to move on. Still not happy that she didn't get her way, but happy that things were going to be okay regardless. 

Isn't it funny how a three year old can help you see simplicity in God's word that, as adults, we seriously over think? 

So, remember the next time any storm comes your way that if Jesus can calm Cassie's storm on emotions that you can ask Him to calm your storm, too. It may not be over, but He will definitely calm your storm.