For my whole life, I'd always read "He intended to go right by them" as meaning that Jesus intended to go by without them noticing. It was only recently that I read something that made me realize that makes no sense. If Jesus didn't want to be noticed, he wouldn't have been noticed. No, he intended to go close enough for them to see. It was dark, they were alone on the sea, and they were having a rough time, and so Jesus went to be with them.
The same is true for you, and for me. In our lives, it is often dark, the world is against us, and we feel alone. In worship on Sunday, we prayed for the lonely. We are all lonely at times, right? In those times, we can be sure that Jesus notices, that Jesus cares, and that Jesus comes to be with us.
You are not alone.
Now, the challenge to us is to go into the world and remind others that they, too, are not alone.
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