Our son, Trevor, and his family had just returned from their first cruise vacation and he was telling me about it over the phone. “Mom, it was great!” he spoke enthusiastically. “We loved every minute of it. It was nice to experience something different from our usual vacations.”
I asked if anyone got seasick, and he said no, but if they had, there was a patch to wear behind the ear to prevent motion sickness. “Our cabin was small, but Jennifer and I had a king-size bed, and the boys had two bunks. The best part, was they cleaned it twice a day!”
“What did you do when you went on shore? Did you see the beaches?” I inquired.
“Oh, yes,” he said, “I got to drive a jeep behind a guide jeep, and we went all over the island. The beaches were beautiful, and we even went snorkeling. What an experience!” He went on about the crystal clear water and the varieties of fish he saw underwater. “It’s just a whole new dimension of the world,” he exclaimed.
Other favorites aboard the liner were the 24-hour food, the swimming pools and exploring the ship. They had wanted to go on a behind-the-scenes tour, but found it a little pricey. “But Mom, you wouldn’t believe what happened. On our final day, I bumped into the captain, and I asked him if it would be possible to see the bridge. He took our whole family on an incredible tour of it!”
It sounded as if they’d had a memorable trip and benefited from new perspectives. That’s the purpose of vacations, after all, to return with revitalized minds and spirits. The wonders of the blue ocean, both on it, and in it, had to bring new appreciation of the Creator. When Trevor told me about visiting the ship’s bridge and the fascinating operation of guiding the huge vessel, I couldn’t help but think of the Heavenly Father, our Captain, who is at the helm of our lives.
The ship’s captain sees the big picture, the obstacles, the planned destination and all that is planned for the passengers, not only at the end, but all along the way. Our Captain is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. While the bridge of a ship is the center of information and control, the heavenly Bridge is the mind of Christ. I Corinthians 2:16 says we have the mind of Christ. That to me means His perspective. How to do that? By renewing our minds, as it says in Romans 12:2.
While much of the control of an ocean vessel is done by computers now, and even though it is no longer massive, there is still a ship’s wheel. The mind of Christ dwarfs any computer, and His wheel directs the universe and beyond. And He has provided a Bridge to connect us to Heaven.
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