But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
(Matthew 15.25 NRSV)
In 1854 a cavalry officer named J.E.B. Stuart graduated from West Point and was sent to his first assignment, in Texas. He boarded a steamboat in New Orleans and immediately found himself in the middle of a storm on the Gulf of Mexico. Stuart was violently seasick and lay helplessly in a bunk while the ship pitched and rolled.

When Stuart finally managed to raise his head from his bunk, he discovered that the boat was docked and had been for some time at Galveston, Texas. While Stuart thought he was about to die from his seasickness, he could have walked a few feet to land at any time during the previous 12 hours. That, likewise, is how close God's help is, whether we take advantage of it or not!

Dear Jesus, help me. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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