"Commit your way to the LORD trust also in
Him, and He shall bring it to pass."
PSALM 37 : 5
A ship cruising in northern waters, was in terrible,
and the captain called in one of the passengers.
"You are, I know," he said," a professional
magician and I need your help badly. The ship
is at this moment heading for an iceberg and
there is something wrong with the rudder so we
cannot steer past it. There is no real cause for
alarm, however, because several ships are
steaming rapidly to the rescue and aircraft
already have us in view. All that is necessary
is to keep the passengers from destructive
panic. Please put on a show for them and
rescue will reach us before we strike, perhaps.
If however there is danger of an actual strike,
I shall signal you and you must instantly
Announce that for your next trick you will
break the ship in two. By the time the
passengers gather that this is not a clever
Illusion and begin to panic, we will be saved
The magician followed instruction exactly
and for nearly half an hour transfixed his
audience with disappearing canes, multiplying
eggs, lighted candles that appear out of nowhere,
and cards that seemed to do everything but
make love. Then the magician noted the captain
waving at him frantically.
So the magician said," and for my final
illusion, ladies and gentlemen, I shall make the
ship crash into an iceberg."
And as his hands spread wide in an
impressive gesture, there was an awful rending
crash and in no time at all everyone found
himself on an eerily tipped vessel, with
lifeboats being launched. Fortunately others ship
were butting through the choppy seas on rescue
missions, and the passengers were too confused
by what had happened to be frightened.
The magician himself clung to the railing,
watching a lifeboat being lowered. One of the
passengers in the lifeboat called to him,
"Hey, aren't you the magician whose final trick
was to make the ship crash into an iceberg?"
"Yes, sir," said the magician, teeth chattering in
the cold, "I'm the one." The passenger shook his
head. "So what was so smart about that?"
When we are battered by the storm of life,
we may be tempted to give in to feeling of
hopelessness. But if we commit our way to Jesus,
and trust him He shall bring.it to pass. We will
have Peace even in the midst of turmoil.
Him, and He shall bring it to pass."
PSALM 37 : 5
A ship cruising in northern waters, was in terrible,
and the captain called in one of the passengers.
"You are, I know," he said," a professional
magician and I need your help badly. The ship
is at this moment heading for an iceberg and
there is something wrong with the rudder so we
cannot steer past it. There is no real cause for
alarm, however, because several ships are
steaming rapidly to the rescue and aircraft
already have us in view. All that is necessary
is to keep the passengers from destructive
panic. Please put on a show for them and
rescue will reach us before we strike, perhaps.
If however there is danger of an actual strike,
I shall signal you and you must instantly
Announce that for your next trick you will
break the ship in two. By the time the
passengers gather that this is not a clever
Illusion and begin to panic, we will be saved
The magician followed instruction exactly
and for nearly half an hour transfixed his
audience with disappearing canes, multiplying
eggs, lighted candles that appear out of nowhere,
and cards that seemed to do everything but
make love. Then the magician noted the captain
waving at him frantically.
So the magician said," and for my final
illusion, ladies and gentlemen, I shall make the
ship crash into an iceberg."
And as his hands spread wide in an
impressive gesture, there was an awful rending
crash and in no time at all everyone found
himself on an eerily tipped vessel, with
lifeboats being launched. Fortunately others ship
were butting through the choppy seas on rescue
missions, and the passengers were too confused
by what had happened to be frightened.
The magician himself clung to the railing,
watching a lifeboat being lowered. One of the
passengers in the lifeboat called to him,
"Hey, aren't you the magician whose final trick
was to make the ship crash into an iceberg?"
"Yes, sir," said the magician, teeth chattering in
the cold, "I'm the one." The passenger shook his
head. "So what was so smart about that?"
When we are battered by the storm of life,
we may be tempted to give in to feeling of
hopelessness. But if we commit our way to Jesus,
and trust him He shall bring.it to pass. We will
have Peace even in the midst of turmoil.
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