{"id":585,"date":"2009-04-14T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/a-shipwrecked-people\/"},"modified":"2009-04-14T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T13:53:00","slug":"a-shipwrecked-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/a-shipwrecked-people\/","title":{"rendered":"A shipwrecked people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

We are a shipwrecked people, swamped by the raging \"\"<\/a>seas.Desperately we look for something to cling to, a plank of hope.<\/p>\n

We know that hope isn\u2019t our money.
We know it\u2019s not our fortune. <\/a>
We know it\u2019s not our good looks.
We know it\u2019s not our family connection.
We know it\u2019s not our jobs.
We have tried all of those things, and they just cause us to sink into the dark oceanic abyss.<\/p>\n

Instead, we find salvation in the Master, who told <\/a>us that finding him was like discovering a \u201cpearl of great price, a treasure in a field, or a coin thought lost.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

And landlocked people can be shipwrecked,too. The landlocked think they are secure with their homes, their credit cards, their storehouses, and their self-interest. But they will soon be swallowed by the tide and lost \u2014 just like us.<\/a><\/p>\n

There is no shame in our condition \u2013 Jesus said <\/a>unless we come as little children,we would never enter into his rest.<\/p>\n

We need a plank of wood to hold on to.
We need salvation.
We need Jesus.<\/p>\n

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