Tag: ships

Shore Yourself Up!

Jennifred Jones

Don’t leave yourself adrift in the wrangling waves of other passing ships.

Set down your anchor so you’re not cast around by their wake.

‘Once again lady, I don’t even know what you’re talking about!’

OK. Here it is. Stay tied, docked to the truth – to what you know to be true, and become immovable! Don’t let all the lapping waves of other’s tongues cause you to change your mind and follow an aimless path out to sea where there’s no focus, no left, right, up or down!

This world – our world, your world, my world, needs strong, stable (anchored) individuals to hold things steady for smaller vessels floating around unsure where to land and anchor.

Can we each firm ourselves up in what we know to be true and yet be open to see where we may have believed someone else’s falsehoods?

It takes effort – but work to shore yourself up in the harbor of truth so passing ships will not pull you off course.

Why the Lighthouse?

Jennifred Jones

I mentioned the lighthouse in a previous post.

What is it about a lighthouse that is so endearing?

Besides their unique structural stability and charm, they represent something else.

Valiant men have risked their lives and died building lighthouses to save lives…that ships at sea might not crash, be broken and sink because they couldn’t see the danger there.

Said James Ward Hyland III, President and Founder of the Lighthouse Preservation Society of Newbury Port, Massachussetts:

“Lighthouses appeal to the interest and better instinct of man because they are symbolic of never-ceasing watchfulness, of steadfast endurance in every exposure, of widespread helpfulness. The building and the keeping of the lights is a picturesque and humanitarian work of the nation.”

Somehow, just knowing that someone cares for you, is watching out for you, makes life easier to live. We all need those somebodies. We all need to be those somebodies.

These characteristics in people are what make a nation great and bring out the best in each other.

Loving, Kindness, Courage, Care….Let these be found in me.

Please join with me.