It's easy to cast snap judgement on the people who came in contact with Jesus. How could the apostles be surprised when he calmed the storm? Didn't they know him? It must have been a really wild ride, following Jesus for 3 years. Indeed it was. What he wasn't doing wasn't a magic show, it was a pushing back of the darkness to make way for a new Kingdom. When something that big happens, it doesn't meet universal approval. It's hard to digest. Some people, like those in the region of the Gadarenes, asked him to go away. We're not so obvious these days. We may not directly ask Jesus to leave, but we respond to the difficulty of his call by sliding away, involving ourselves in other things. May we be willing to do the work of putting ourselves in God's hands instead, allowing the Holy Spirit to form us in the midst of difficulties into people more like Jesus.