Numbers 11:4-15 / Matthew 14:22-36 (Yr A)
We often hear this phrase - A hungry person is an angry person.
That can be quite true because hunger has that ability to diminish our rationale and even contort our faith, so much so that we can even end up doing something crazy and stupid.
But being grumpy because we are fussy is another issue altogether.
We can be grumpy, not because we are hungry, but because we are fussy.
In the 1st reading we heard how the Israelites began to be grumpy, not because they were hungry, but because they were tired of eating that manna day in day out.
And their complaints burdened Moses to the extent that he in turn complained to the Lord.
But those complaints can hardly be compared to the terror that the disciples in the boat faced in the storm and what they thought was a ghost coming at them. They must have thought that it was the angel of death.
But whether we are hungry or angry, grumpy or fussy, or in fear and terror, Jesus calls out to us to have faith in Him.
Like Peter, we may feel overwhelmed by the anxieties and emergencies.
But Jesus calls out to us to have courage even though we are afraid.
Courage is to have faith in the Lord and to trust in Him that He alone will save us.