It was short and to the point.  It was in no way decked out with flowers or fluff.  I’m talking about Peter’s words in Matthew 14:30.  He was fearful and sinking fast beneath the waves of a storm when he simply cried out in prayer, “Lord, save me!”  This week I ran across some comments on this topic by Charles Spurgeon, the well-known preacher of the late 19th century.  May I share them with you?  The first one is quite obvious: “sinking times are praying times.”  Storms and high seas drive us to our knees to find that harbor, that haven of rest in the Lord’s arms.  And when we cry out, we can be sure that the Master is always there.  Second, “short prayers are long enough.”  Strength of prayer, not length, is what we need.  A cry from the heart is better than a cream-puff display of spiritual oratory.  In fact, Mr. Spurgeon added, “If our prayers had less of the tail feathers of pride and more wing they would be all the better.”  Amen!  Last of all (and this is the challenging one), “our extremities are the Lord’s opportunities.”  When we can’t do anything, we must remember that He can do all things.  When we don’t understand, we trust His omniscience.  When everything around us is spinning and changing, we cling to His unchanging nature and His “forever settled” word.  And then, just like Peter, we look up and see the Master’s outstretched hand that will lift us up to walk side-by-side with Him through those stormy waves.  “Lord, save me.”  Simple enough, but it works!