God desires and seeks the salvation of all. And He is always saving all who wish to be saved from drowning in the sea of life and sin. But He does not always save in a boat or a convenient, well-equipped harbor. He promised to save the Holy Apostle Paul and all his fellow-travelers, and He did save them. But the Apostle and his fellow-passengers were not saved in the ship, which was wrecked; they were saved with great difficulty, some by swimming and others on boards and various bits of the ship's wreckage.— Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov
Though I live surrounded by trouble,
You keep my alive—to my enemies’ fury!
You stretch Your hand out and save me,
Your right hand will do everything for me.
Yahweh, Your love is everlasting,
do not abandon us whom you have made.
Psalm 138:7-8 Jerusalem Bible
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3 comments:
I would say Amen to that!
You have a lovely blog.
God bless!
God loves mankind and will save all people who have been baptized and believe in Him.
I think I detect an allusion to the Church as Ship, or to a corrupted idea of the Church as Ship--regarding who will be saved and who will be condemned. This is an encouragement to those who are swimming in rough seas. Yes, some ships get wrecked. If a ship is headed for wreckage (maybe it was poorly constructed, or the seas were unusually stormy), then one can only hope to swim to safety or to grap a bit of the ship's material and float into a harbor (or to be rescued by the real Church as Ship). This is a nice complementary contrast to the Church as Ship concept.
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