There were ten lepers healed, but only one was
thankful. Thanklessness for what God has
done for us is, I am afraid, quite common, because we fail to realize that
without the Lord we would all be “sunk.”
The Theresa Boyle, a trawler from
This happened in
February. It was terribly cold, and they
did not have much food with them. Forty
hours went past and no one had sighted their boat. As the weary hours dragged on, one after
another of the men became exhausted and could not help with the rowing.
Ten more hours went
past, which seemed to them much longer; and hope was beginning to fail when, in
the distance, an airplane was seen. Oh,
how their hearts beat! Was it a friend
or a foe? Soon they recognized it to be
a friendly plane. Would they be seen?
The keen eye of the
pilot on patrol did not miss them, although their boat was being buffeted by
the heavy seas. By this time eight of
the men were lying on the floorboard, too weak to row, but just able to wave
anxiously at the pilot.
The plane flew
low. The men realized they had been
seen, and off it went in search of help.
It found two mine sweepers, some fifteen miles away, and asked them by
lamp signals to follow it. By firing
colored lights the pilot guided the mine sweeper to the open boat. It circled round until the men, the entire
crew of the sunken trawler, were taken on board – SAVED!
Then it flew off. After going two miles, a signal lamp from one
rescue ship recalled the plane.
“Anything wrong?”
signaled the pilot.
“No,” the reply
flickered. “These chaps we picked up
just wanted to say Thank You!” With this message, off flew the plane to
carry on its duty of patrol.
What to do:
✞ Thank the Lord today for your salvation.
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