Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

You know, Lord, it's interesting when a friend shares a motivating article or a feeling she may have about what she's dealing with in life - so here goes. She mentioned the distressed disciples over the predominant blast buffering their boat, and how they woke Jesus and He quickly addressed the raging wind and waves: "Quiet! Settle down!" (Mark 4:39MSG). The storm stopped!

'E.V.' continued. "You know what? That translation of Jesus's words caught my attention. 'Settle down.' You know, I first heard that phrase from my mother, admonishing us young siblings when too much unfocused energy spun th...