2 Sam 12:1-7, 10-17 / Mark 4:35-41
Weather forecasts have advanced far enough for us to know what will be coming up.
So when we tune in to the weather forecasts, we will know if it is going to be sunny or rainy, humid or windy, warm or chilly.
And those forecasts are often correct, especially when it comes to the more serious things like storms, typhoons, hurricanes and tornado.
So if we were told that a storm is already brewing, then we better heed the warnings and take the necessary precautions.
King David, before he was confronted by the prophet Nathan, was committing one sin after another - he had an affair with Uriah's wife who subsequently conceived; then he tried to get Uriah to take responsibility, failing which he plotted his death.
The warning signs were there but David's murky conscience did not want to heed it. Until Nathan told him the parable and then it was David who pronounced sentence on himself.
In the gospel, while the disciples were crossing the lake, a gale blew up, probably without any warning signs. The waves were breaking into the boat and it was almost swamped.
Certainly they were frightened and in their fear, they confronted Jesus, who was asleep and complained that He didn't care.
But the fact that He was with them was a sign that they didn't understand that He has power over the wind and the waves.
God will always give us signs to tell us what is happening with us and what we should do or where we should go.
Let us pray that we will be sensitive to these signs and that we will understand and comprehend these signs.
Then in any storm, the winds and the waves will not overwhelm us.