Emphasis Preaching Journal

I was on my annual two-week Naval Reserve tour of duty in Norfolk, Virginia. Toward the end of the first week, a hurricane was threatening so we had to decide what to do with the many ships in port. Since they were valuable, and very vulnerable near land, the decision was made to go out to sea and ride out the storm. I thought of those powerful ships and of the men and women responsible for them. These “treasures” were in the hands of earthen vessels — human beings.