Just this past week a homeless man in Seattle was arrested
for stealing... a high speed ferry. When the crew from a local tugboat company
noticed early Sunday morning that the vessel seemed to be adrift, they boarded
it to bring it back to the wharf, only to discover 33-year-old Samuel Kenneth
McDonough onboard. According to police reports, McDonough had managed to get
gain access to the locked terminal, snuck aboard the ferry, started it, and was
planning on using it to make his way across the border to Victoria B.C.
If nothing else, you need to admire the man for his
chutzpah. Surely there must be easier ways to get to Victoria from Seattle.
How often do make the trip to heaven more difficult than it
has to be? Over and over again, the Bible talks about our salvation being a
free gift. We can’t earn it and we certainly can’t steal it. And yet people are
always trying to do it the hard way.
McDonough didn’t make it out of Seattle harbour on his own
efforts, and none of us will make it very far on our own efforts, either. But
the good news is that we don’t have to. Have
a great week and remember: To see what is really possible, you will have to
attempt the impossible.
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