Jesus let his disciples experience gale force winds to strengthen their faith. Mark, chapter four, verse 36 to 41. During the night crossing of familiar waters, when a wave swamped their boat while Jesus slept in the stern in a panic, they woke him. Didn't it bothered him that they were about to die? What was he thinking? Then they began to find out. Jesus told the wind and the waves to be quiet and asked his friends why they still had no faith in him