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Sailing Into A New Harbor (Funeral)
Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 1, 2023 (message contributor)
BIBLE For I am already being poured out ... like a drink offering, ... and the time has come for my departure. ..... I have fought the good fight, .... I have finished the race, .... I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, .... which the Lord, .... the righteous Judge, .... will award to me on that day......and not only to me, .... but also, to all .... who have longed for his appearing. END (2 Timothy 4:6-8)
(Slow) Paul knew that he would soon be put to death for the faith... as he penned the words.........The time has come.... for my.... "departure."
And the time will come ... when ... each of us will be called ... for our departure.
The Greek word ....in this text that is translated "departure" .... was a term .... that was often used by ancient sailors.
It meant ...a time.... for the ... un-moring ...of a ship.
Paul was speaking of a ship .... that was about to depart.
A ship ... that would be unmored from the land ....and would be freed ......to set sail.
In Paul's lifetime .... when a ship would leave the harbor, .... Many would gather at the harbor side .... and they would watch the ship .... until it sailed over the horizon.
Have you ever done that ... stood near the waterfront ... as a ship ... sailed over the horizon?
And as the ship slips over the Horizon.... many on the shore .... would joyfully voice.... there she goes.
There she goes. (Long Pause)
Yet ...somewhere on the other side of the ocean, .... there is ... another harbor.
And as that ship appears .... on their horizon ...... you can hear them say, .... Here she comes...... Her she comes. (Pause)
Much like that ship, .... Anne too .... Has been Unmored from this side of eternity ... and set free.
Set free... from this earthly shore ... Freed to set sail.
And For those who are in Christ Jesus ... It is a glorious harbor.
A glorious harbor ... in the Spiritual realm ... that the Scriptures call heaven ... where we shall see our Lord ... Face to Face.
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