That is the very best

which the richest human love can do

"Seeing them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea" Mark 6:47-48

When people are in great trouble of any kind — no human aid can reach them. Human friends eagerly want to help, and they come to offer sympathy and consolation. But in such hours, the most helpful of us are only like men standing on the shore of a dark and stormy sea, while our friends are far out on the wild waves.

Our little boats cannot ride in the mad surges. All we can do is to stand on the shore, as it were, and look with pitying eye and heart at the struggling ones in the angry sea. That is the very best which the richest human love can do . It is thus, in all of life's deep needs.

It is in such hours that we realize the blessedness of Christ's power to help. He can go out on any wave, into the wildest sea, to reach those who are driven and tempest-tossed. He can carry help to all who are troubled. He can comfort in any sorrow, and give victory in any strife.

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