Wanting to Walk on Water

Peter asked could he walk on the water and Jesus said yes. But the apostle was so busy listening to the words that he missed their meaning. The words made no sense and realizing this he began to sink. The message or the meaning was that he could trust and had to believe. That he hadn't understood even though it made all the sense in the world.

In many ways what we say and do and how we are, are not unlike what Peter had tried. It is like wanting to walk on water. Wanting but doubting it can be, so attuned to the prospect of "no" that we are unprepared when the answer is "yes." We know it should be able to be done, and so we are content labeling our wishes as strange and somewhat senseless.

But the meaning makes them real, more real than words. More real too than staying in the boat, more real than sinking. Beyond what is seen is the reality. Behind the words is their meaning. Aside from what should be is what really can become.