YET MORNING CAME!

 

Saturday, August 31, 2024

 

YET MORNING CAME!

 

Acts 27:27-29

27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some [as yet unknown] country; 28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: [about 120 feet] and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. [about 90 feet deep]

29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, [back of the ship] and wished for the day.

 

          Paul and others on the wooden vessel were in the midst of a “named” storm [Euroclydon]. They thought they might be near land, so they sounded the depths. They were, indeed, getting closer to shore but the unsuspected storm caught them completely unprepared. So do most of life’s storms.

 

          Anchors are important during times of great churning stress! Look around you and find your strong points. Hold on tight to what does not change nor give way during trouble. God, Jesus, Church, and the right kind of friends are four strong anchors. Hang on!

 

          Hope is always preferred over despair. They “wished for the day.” Everything looks better in the light – even a shipwreck!

 

Ps 30:5

weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

 

Dear Lord, thank you for the light of morning and the hope of a brighter day. AMEN