I am sorry about there not being a post yesterday. I went to a workshop all morning (I will post something from it tomorrow). Wednesdays are going to be a day where I will tell a story and make a point; pretty simple. Enjoy.
There are many stories that have circulated concerning the Titanic. My favorite one is probably one that goes unnoticed. It doesn’t have to do with heroic rescues or death and destruction; it enlightens us about priorities. It concerns a frightened woman who had just found her place on a lifeboat that was about to be dropped into the water.
She thought suddenly of something she needed in spite of everything that was happening around her. She asked for permission to go to her stateroom. She ran across the deck that was already slanted at a dangerous angle. She came to her room and pushed aside her jewelry and reached above her bed and got three small oranges and found her way back to the lifeboat and got in. Death boarded the Titanic that day. Instantaneously, priceless things had become worthless. Worthless things had become priceless. And in that moment she preferred three small oranges to a crate of diamonds.
In Matthew 16:26 Jesus says this: “What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself. What could you ever trade your soul for? (The Message)” What is your priority in life? What is the one thing that drives you? That you lay awake at night thinking about? Priorities change when we’re confronted with the fact that whatever it is we hold so dear may not be around much longer. The phrase “getting your priorities straight” is wise enough when someone is on a self-destructive path. But what about those of us that just need a more fulfilling priority? As you make plans, watch your priorities. Is God in charge of them?
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