🕊️ When You're Sinking, Look to Jesus

He will reach for you — even in the storm.

Today, I preached at a bereavement service for a young couple who lost their 3-year-old child in the most sudden and painful way.
The child wasn’t sick. He had just gone outside — simply to pee — and somehow, he fell, hit his head, and passed away within seconds.

There are no words for this kind of tragedy.

As I stood with them, feeling the weight of their grief, the Scripture that came to me was this moment from Matthew 14 — when Peter walked on water toward Jesus:

> “But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, ‘Lord, save me!’
Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and caught him.”
— Matthew 14:30–31


💔 You Can Be Faithful… and Still Afraid

This couple are not strangers to faith.
They pray.
They go to church.
They believe in God.

But right now, in the face of unimaginable loss —
they are sinking.

And maybe you are too.

Even Peter, a disciple walking with Jesus, started to drown when fear took hold.
But Jesus didn’t let him go under.
He didn’t say, “You should’ve had more faith.”
He didn’t leave him to figure it out.

He immediately reached out His hand and lifted him.

✝️ Jesus Is Still Reaching

Sometimes, even believers can feel like they’re drowning.
In fear. In grief. In sorrow. In questions.

But Jesus isn’t waiting for you to get stronger.
He’s not asking you to hold it together.

He says:
“Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
(Matthew 11:28)

You don’t have to be perfect.
You just need to call His name.


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🌿 To the Grieving: You Are Not Alone

If you are mourning the loss of someone you love…
If your faith feels like it’s slipping through your fingers…
If the pain has left you breathless —

Look to Jesus.

Cry out: “Lord, save me!”

And believe this:
He will reach out to you immediately.
Just like He did for Peter.
He will lift you.
He will hold you.
He will heal you.

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🙏 A Final Word to That Family — and to You

To that mother and father who lost their child:
God sees you.
He mourns with you.
And He has not abandoned you.

You are not sinking alone.
And you will not remain in the deep.

Jesus is near.
He is reaching out.
Let Him lift you.

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💛 “Lord, save me!”

That cry still works. And Jesus still answers.

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