Claudette's Blog

The Ship

A long time ago my Dad had nailed a picture to the top of the ceiling in one of the bedrooms in their two story home, there had been a small stain from the roof leaking, and after the roof was fixed the picture was nailed.  Now years later here I am back in this same room, as I care for my Mother and Father, looking daily at the picture nailed to the wall.  

The picture is of an old ship with a big mast, and it’s docked in the water with ropes wrapped around a wooden post, it’s not colorful, and I’ve wondered why it is not more brightly contrasted, but it is how the artist depicted it.  Perhaps by the artists not brightly contrasting the picture, I would come to understand the bigger picture of what it meant.

When I look at the picture I think of the phrase “Turn of the Tide” many of us are waiting patiently, for those promises of the Lord to come were waiting for the Turn of the Tide.

There is another phrase it is in the bible in the chapter of Luke; God told Simon “Launch out into the deep.”

And He entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when He had left speaking, He said unto Simon, "Launch out into the deep..."—Luke 5:3-4

When I look at that old picture nailed to the ceiling, I see an old ship longing to sail again; do you know what I mean?  The ship is waiting for its master to cut the ropes of bondage off to “Launch out into the deep”

Deep calls to deep at the noise of Your waterspouts: all Your waves and Your billows are gone over me.—Psalm 42:7

Many are sitting on the dock of the bay, but don’t lose heart, the Lord with one mighty rushing wind will catch the sails, turn the tide, and launch you out into the deep with Him.

I ponder what my Mother and Father said recently they said “you run a tight ship” I know they forgot about the picture I look at each night, because of their health condition, and not being able to climb the stairs. Maybe the picture of the old ship on the wall is instructions on how to run once launched (tight). SELAH!

Blessings,

Claudette Moss