Monday, August 18, 2025
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 country; 28 And sounded, and found
it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again,
and found it fifteen fathoms.
29 Then fearing lest we should
have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished
for the day.
Paul and others on the wooden vessel were in
the midst of a “named” storm. 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
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