Archive for November, 2006

This week I heard that the water police were going to crack down on users of Lake Illawarra. The incident that has led to the crackdown occurred recently. An unidentified sailor flipped his boat and impaled the mast into the mud. The boat was left stranded and upside down.

I have been reflecting on this situation. How does one go about un-impaling a boat? Especially if the person who needs to do it and has all the boating know how, yet impaled it in the first place! This is a situation where outside help is definitely required. For sailors there are Sailing Clubs with well equipped rescuers and rescue boats.

As we conclude our series on Galatians, we have been encouraged to get real. We are being challenged to get real with our Christian family. When we see our friends in trouble and wrestling with sin, Paul challenges us to get involved and help. The power to break through sin comes only from God through His Holy Spirit. We them to remind us to reconnect with God and draw down His power. Real Service requires us to make ourselves available to God in the situations He determines, amongst the people He brings across our path.

Stephen Semenchuk