Sailing
The lyrics go like this:
“I have my ship and all her flags are a flyin’
She is all that I have left - And music is her name.”
I did an earlier blog on the song Southern Cross showing a similar scene. Therefor I am indulging myself with writing again about the song, showing another beautiful picture of a ship at sail. (By The Way - almost all the pictures in the blog were taken by me - I was a photography major my first two years of college.)
There is something so very freeing and peaceful being at sail at sea - I love it.
One of the earliest symbols of the early church was a ship sailing through a storm and one of the earliest Christian symbols (even much earlier then the crucifix) was of an anchor!
[The above anchor is from the Christian Catacomb of Priscilla in Rome - First Century!]
The analogy is pretty clear if you think about it, when a ship is about be driven into the rocky shore and dashed to pieces, the sailors throw out the anchor to save the ship. The anchor holds the ship in place against the storm. Thus when the early Christians faced persecution (a storm) from the Roman Empire, their church (ship) hung onto to their faith in Jesus (the anchor) to keep them from being destroyed.
So how are you sailing today? How is the weather? Do you know where your anchor is?
Peace!
Doctor “J”