H. H. Straton in his...
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H. H. Straton in his book, A Guide to the Parables of Jesus, tells of being on an ocean liner headed to the Middle East. Nine hundred miles out to sea a sail was sighted on the horizon. As the liner drew closer, the passengers saw that the boat, a small sloop flying a Turkish flag, had run up a distress signal and other flags asking for its position at sea. Through a faulty chronometer or immature navigation the small vessel had become lost.
For nearly an hour, Straton writes, the liner circled the little boat, giving its crew correct latitude and longitude. Naturally there was a great deal of interest among the passengers. A boy of around 12, standing on the deck of the liner and watching all that was taking place, remarked aloud to himself: "It's a big ocean to be lost in."
It is a big universe to be lost in, too, but there is the wonderful assurance that there is a great Savior who is searching for us. There is no ocean too large, no wilderness too rugged, no house too vast for the divine Searcher.
For nearly an hour, Straton writes, the liner circled the little boat, giving its crew correct latitude and longitude. Naturally there was a great deal of interest among the passengers. A boy of around 12, standing on the deck of the liner and watching all that was taking place, remarked aloud to himself: "It's a big ocean to be lost in."
It is a big universe to be lost in, too, but there is the wonderful assurance that there is a great Savior who is searching for us. There is no ocean too large, no wilderness too rugged, no house too vast for the divine Searcher.
