In the story of Jesus walking on the water, the true miracle, the one that is the basis of faith and makes the story eternally if not literally true, takes place when despairing Peter cries out "Lord, save me," and Jesus does. That's really the central miracle of every Christian life. When sinking in our sense of helplessness, we reach out for a love greater than we ourselves can ever express, when we reach out for a truth deeper than we could ever articulate and for a beauty richer than we ourselves can ever contain, when we too cry out "Lord, save me," Jesus does. Cry out for a thimbleful of help, and you receive an oceanful in return.
— William Sloane Coffin, The Heart Is A Little to the Left by Wiliam Sloane Coffin