Life is a Shipwreck
So many of the devotionals I read this morning had the theme of ships, boats, storms, and rescues. One quote that particularly struck me was, “Life is a shipwreck; sing in the life boat.” It and yesterday’s events along with the other readings today prompted this poem:
Life is a Shipwreck
Life is a shipwreck
Sing in the lifeboat
Thank God for our faith
It keeps us afloat
When plans go astray
And you can’t do as planned
Just climb off the ship
There’s a lifeboat on the land
Jesus is calling you
To listen to His Word
All you had intended to do
May, in fact, be absurd
His lifeboat will take you
To a much better place
So sing as you sail along
And keep your eyes on His faceYesterday I was all set to go on a bus to the county fair with a group from our local nursing home. When I arrived to help out, I discovered there were only two residents going and they had two volunteers to help already. I could have gone along to be an extra pair of hands, but as I sat in the back seat between the other two (with no seatbelt in my center space), I heard the Holy Spirit telling me, “This is a shipwreck! This is not what I need you to be doing today.”
I heeded His warning and returned home where God had a lifeboat prepared for me: Bob needed to go in to Bozeman to have his hearing aids fixed and my company was needed right here at home.
Sometimes we reach out to help others, thinking that’s the service to Him that God has in mind for us, and He manages to head us off at the pass. He says, “No, your service is needed right where you are! Get off the ship. Come sing in the lifeboat!”
Life doesn’t have to be a shipwreck!!
Do you relate?May your faith
Keep you afloat
As you avoid the shipwreck
And let God float your boatListen for those instructions.
What song shall we sing?
Keep the faith, my friends.
Avoid the shipwreck;
Sing in the lifeboat!
See ya in the lifeboat…
Love,
JanBeek