Like a Father or a Mother who rocks their crying baby to sleep, God "rocks us" or "rocks the boat" to give us peace, using the storm to shake off and strip away that which will continue to hurt us if it is allowed to stay - like barnacles* stuck to the belly of a boat. He is in the storm. And it's always out of love. What would we think of a parent who just let their baby keep crying? God is just being a good parent by shaking us up and down on His shoulder; He knows that the end result - if we submit to His "rocking" - will spare us more tears and still the turmoil inside of us, filling us with peace and a sense of safety and protection in our Father's arms as we lean on His shoulder through the chaos and storm.
* "Barnacles on the hull of a ship increase friction and can reduce the vessel's speed. The ship must then be put in dry dock to have the bottom scraped." -according to an Animal Planet article on Barnacles.
He's being a good shipmaster; taking care of His ship by cleaning and freeing it from parasites that suck efficiency and life from the vessel.
May 24, 2013
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