Friday, October 21, 2011

The Lost First Mate

  A group of people were traveling in a boat when one of them took a drill and began to drill a hole beneath him.
"Why are you doing this?" his companions said to him.
"What concern is it of yours?" replied the man. "Am I not drilling under my own place?"
And they replied to him: "But you will flood the boat for us all!" (Quoted in Midrash Rabbah, Vayikra 4:6).

What is the boat?  It's a relationship.  We are all in the same boat, and we need to unite so that we can make it across this turbulent sea.


That is why in a relationship, we need a Captain.  Who will make sure we stay afloat?  This is the very definition of God--He will keep the world turning.   He allows all to be the first mate on the journey of life.  Guard your heart, people.

2 comments:

  1. Yes let us allow God to be the ruler of our lives and let Jesus Christ to strengthen us always. With Him you are not lost and will not be.

    -MTW-

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