My Titanic Theory

I watched a series on the Titanic last Friday, and this week we read a National Geographic Magazine article on her. I decided that the Titanic was built to carry a lot of people, that wasn't her problem. The problem was that she took on too much water and lost buoyancy. I thought about the cause of the disaster that sunk her. The cause of this tragedy had everything to do with the arrogance of people involved. Because the people in command were so convinced that the ship was unsinkable, they failed to take normal safety precautions, such as slowing down and keeping a sharp look out for icebergs after receiving a warning that icebergs had been spotted in the area where they were sailing, and such as failing to have adequate numbers of lifeboats on board, Because of the arrogance of those in command, there was too little warning and too little recourse when they were faced with an obstacle in their pathway. Although they tried to avoid a collision and received a glancing blow; the ship was scored along her side to such a degree that her hull was breached in multiple places. So although she avoided a violent collision, she could not avoid a rapid intake of water. Water came into the ship to such a degree as to weigh her down and swamp her. The water replaced lighter air, and buoyancy could not be maintained. I started thinking about this event as a analogy to life. Some of us are big beautiful ships carrying a lot of people on board, but we need to remember to proceed through life with caution, to heed safety precautions, and to carry life boats. I surmised that the key to avoiding the fate of the Titanic and becoming a sinking ship without enough life boats, is to remain humble, and to remain buoyant. You can do this by obeying council that gives you warning of obstacles in your path, You can slow down enough to watch out for and avoid dangers, and if you start to feel swamped, or feel like you are loosing buoyancy; you can do something to refill yourself with light and air. Don't allow the heavy water of the worldly weights of sin or discouragement to swamp you. Stay full of air, which is light and truth--spirit and hope. Stay light, and you can and will safely carry a large number of people back and forth across the hazardous water multiple times, in perfect safely--just don't go too fast or too carelessly, and watch out for iceburgs. Don't let Satan and his influences breach your hull so that you become swamped and you and everyone else on board your ship goes down in a spectacular but horrifying spiritual disaster.

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