Sermon Blurb
Aug 9

Dealing with an impossible task. I don’t know about you, but I love to make to do lists. Here are the things that I need to get done this month. Often times, it is a long list. How do I possibly get through the twenty things that are on my list.

Well there is two things I could do. I could sit there complaining that I have an impossible list. I can think, I just can’t possibly. When I think like that, it is easy for nothing to get done. I had twenty things on my list. I probably ended up with twenty things on my list.

Or maybe I can break it down. Maybe there is one thing or two things that I can cross off my list. Suddenly my list has shrunk- oh maybe a little, but it is just a bit smaller. I can also prioritize the things that are on my list. One or two things absolutely have to get done so I work on those. My list shrinks. Then I have time to work on those things that are less urgent. Sure I might not have finished all twenty things on my list. But my list is much less reduced.

In this week’s gospel, the disciples are given an impossible to do list. They see Jesus walking on the water. No one had ever done that before. Peter tries, but he immediately sinks. Does that mean he should give up trying to do everything that Jesus does? No, I think the lesson today is that we need to do our very best. We might not be able to do everything, but if we do our best, God will be with us helping fill in the gaps.

Rev. Darren