A Walk on the Sea *

          By John A. McKee

After miraculously feeding

The hungry five thousand

By multiplying the loaves and the fish,

Jesus told His Disciples

To go ahead in their boat

For to be by Himself was His wish.

After they had departed,

He went to the mountain

To be alone with the Father in prayer.

Later that evening,

Seeing their boat on the sea,

He could tell they were getting nowhere.

For a very strong headwind

Had made the sea choppy

Which was making their progress quite slow.

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