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For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many
tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love
which I have so abundantly for you.
— 2 Corinthians 2:4
Even before Titanic arrived on the big screen in 1997, people have
been fascinated by its story, perhaps because there is so much to it.
Clearly, many mistakes were made that led to its sinking. Although it
was called the unsinkable ship, it sank. And it sank relatively easily.
We know that 1,500 people perished in an icy grave. We know there
were not enough lifeboats on board. We know that many of them went
out half-full, some with only four or five people when they had the
capacity to carry at least 60.
But one of the greatest tragedies about the Titanic is the fact that while
there was room in the lifeboats, no one went back to save anyone else.
They had rowed out a distance from the sinking vessel because they
were afraid of its suction. Survivors said they could hear the screams of
the people as the Titanic finally disappeared below the surface.
Here were people in lifeboats that had room. They could have rowed
back and pulled others in. Yet they did nothing about it. They waited for
about an hour, and then they went back. By then, they were only able to
save a handful of people. They waited until it was too late.
Right now, there is a lost world around us. People are going down, and
we have room in our lifeboat. Do we care enough to go and pull them
on board? Do we care enough to do something for them? Or will we
say, "They should have gotten into the boat when there was time"?
Do you have a burden for lost people? That is where it starts.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many
tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love
which I have so abundantly for you.
— 2 Corinthians 2:4
Even before Titanic arrived on the big screen in 1997, people have
been fascinated by its story, perhaps because there is so much to it.
Clearly, many mistakes were made that led to its sinking. Although it
was called the unsinkable ship, it sank. And it sank relatively easily.
We know that 1,500 people perished in an icy grave. We know there
were not enough lifeboats on board. We know that many of them went
out half-full, some with only four or five people when they had the
capacity to carry at least 60.
But one of the greatest tragedies about the Titanic is the fact that while
there was room in the lifeboats, no one went back to save anyone else.
They had rowed out a distance from the sinking vessel because they
were afraid of its suction. Survivors said they could hear the screams of
the people as the Titanic finally disappeared below the surface.
Here were people in lifeboats that had room. They could have rowed
back and pulled others in. Yet they did nothing about it. They waited for
about an hour, and then they went back. By then, they were only able to
save a handful of people. They waited until it was too late.
Right now, there is a lost world around us. People are going down, and
we have room in our lifeboat. Do we care enough to go and pull them
on board? Do we care enough to do something for them? Or will we
say, "They should have gotten into the boat when there was time"?
Do you have a burden for lost people? That is where it starts.
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