Take Heart

Jesus cared
that they were scared

It was their fear
that drew Him near

He heard
their cry
He saw 
that they were terrified

So
He came close
He walked beside
He got in
He didn’t pass by

And He said, 
“Take heart,
It is I.”

It was because 
they were afraid
that He came
and He stayed

He didn’t turn away
from their pain
He didn’t cast blame
He didn’t shame
He didn’t tell them
they shouldn’t feel that way

He didn’t just pray 
from the shore
He didn’t back away
He walked toward 

Because

Sometimes
He calls to us,
“Step out of the boat
and onto the waves!”
And He gives us the grace
to be crazy brave.

But 

Sometimes
He comes to us, 
And He steps right inside, 
of our chaos and mess
over the worry, unrest
He speaks peace

The winds cease

And 

The storm

Simply

Subsides.