On Sunday morning we were looking at St Peter walking on the water to Jesus - we did an "in-depth" study! It's actually a hard thing to imagine.

For instance, take the picture in the right, at first glance I thought he was surfing!

But back to the story, which you can read in the Bible, Matthew 14:22-33. Two points that struck me.
The first one was that Peter didn't venture onto the water until Jesus had said, "Come". People talk about Peter's foolishness but it wasn't about foolishness but about obedience. I noticed that when Peter began to sink and Jesus rescued him, Jesus didn't ask, "Why did you do it?" No, he asked, "Why did you doubt?"

Secondly, why did Peter do it? St Mark's Gospel tells us that Jesus was "about to pass them by." I think Peter saw that Jesus might pass them by and he thought:

Better to be what appears to be in danger out on the water , but with Jesus,
- than in the apparent safety of the boat without Jesus.

Sometimes life seems a little risky when we follow Jesus, but better to be with Jesus, doing his will, than without him doing our own thing!