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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Thursday, February 27, 2025
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Paul is Shipwrecked! Bible Verse:Acts 27:39-44 (ESV) "Now when it was day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, on which they planned if possible to run the ship ashore. So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders. Then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach. But striking a reef, they ran the vessel aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was being broken up by the surf. The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape. But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land, and the rest on planks or on pieces of the ship. And so it was that all were brought safely to land." Message:
Just when the ships’ company believe they are safe, having spied a nice safe beach, one last disaster strikes: they run aground on a reef. But Paul, with the help of the centurion, makes sure everybody gets ashore in one piece.
C S Lewis courage quote
It is difficult to recreate in our mind exactly how dangerous and terrifying their ordeal of a storm at sea was. The Romans were geniuses at engineering; for example, London’s streets, sewers, public hygiene and water supply declined precipitously after Rome abandoned Londinium and did not recover the same level until late in Victoria’s reign. But the Romans never applied this genius to shipbuilding.
Roman ships differed only incrementally from those developed by the Phoenicians. These were shallow-draft, square rigged ships without adequate jibs, and could not handle adverse winds or heavy seas. Paul’s grain ship would have been perhaps 80 feet long. (See reproduction, below.)
These ships were primarily built to sail along the coastline, staying in sight of land; however, the Romans did send them across the Mediterranean during the calm spring and summer, taking advantage of prevailing winds, especially to haul grain and other goods from north Africa to Italy. They simple did not have the structural strength or design to hold together and stay upright and afloat during a heavy storm. Also, navigation was utterly primitive.
It is a miracle — literally — that Paul and the entire ship’s company were not killed. They were blown in a tiny ship by a gale, having neither power nor any idea where they were, five hundred miles across the Mediterranean Sea. We might conclude that God was guiding the ship’s company to trust Paul’s words.
Meditation : Prayer : Now, oh Lord, I pray that you may lift up the light of your countenance upon me, and give me peace; in my going out and in my coming in; in my sitting down and my rising up; in my work and in my play; in my joy and in my sorrow, in my laughter and in my tears; until that day comes which is without dawn and without dark............Amen |
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