The Mercy Ship

Knowing that my Bible says in James 1:5, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”

Thus I fell asleep, and had a dream. In my dream I saw a man named Jesus come to my door, and invite me to go for a free ship ride; which I gladly accepted.

It was free because Jesus paid the debt in full. There were many other families invited to the Mercy Ship who were also going through difficult times, as I was.

When we were gathered together, Jesus assigned everyone of us a certain job according to our ability.

We all gladly accepted Jesus as the Captain of the ship; and then we launched out into the deep and let the shorelines go.

The first few days were smooth sailing, the stars were beautiful at night and everyone felt like kissing, and it was very dark out there.

The Mercy Ship was equipped with its own lighting system, so then we had a good understanding that we are to be shining lights in a dark sinful world; and how beautiful it was.

The Mercy Ship also was very executive style; a very expensive tourist ocean liner, with quality food, and our cabins were like sleeping in a very expensive hotel for scot-free.

Once in a while at night a helicopter would fly around the Mercy Ship, and beam its light on the water, that we could see some people in the water who got on the wrong ship, going the wrong direction and sank.

All of us, including children, worked together to throw out the lifeline, and saved many, many souls from death.

At these times Jesus would command to anchor, and we would all celebrate for the newcomers; it was happiness that we?ve never experienced before.

Jesus provided them also with a job and a cabin. There was such wonderful unity aboard the Mercy Ship that we all felt like we were all part of the family of God.

Then Jesus commanded everyone to gather together, for He had something to say.

“At midnight tonight we will be sailing through a fierce gale, but fear not for I am with you, again I say fear not for I am with you,” sayeth the Lord.

At about 11:30 p.m. we all knelt in prayer and were ready for whatever was coming our way.

At 12 midnight, the gale was right on time. The wind blew very strong, the waves rose very high, lightning flashed very brightly in the dark black sky, thunder roared all at the same time. This is what it is like to be in a ship in the middle of the ocean.

We all worked together to help man the ship while Jesus stayed at the rudder, for only He knows the way through the storms of life.

None of us were afraid of the gale, even though it lasted a full nine hours; we all worked gladly for Jesus.

The next morning the sun was shining and we were all refreshed and retired to our cabins after a long busy night.

When we were all awake again, Captain Jesus gathered the crew together again, and He preached the gospel to us while He kept the ship under control, and in His message He pointed to the massive amount of water all around us and told us to remember that He said, “My love for you is deeper than the ocean, and wider than the sea.”

After more days of sailing we came to a place called THE HAVEN OF REST; which was truly a wonderful resting place, a very fruitful land where we were all given the fruits of the Holy Spirit as we were able to handle. the name of this land was called Beulah Land, and the residents that lived there and hosted us were all angels.

In this land also there was joy unspeakable and full of glory receiving the end of our faith as Peter mentioned in his epistle’ it was true.

It sure would have been nice to live there, but Jesus reminded us that we were only guests, and that at a certain time it was time to return to your own home.

Toward the end of our trip we all exchanged each other?s addresses and phone numbers so we could support each other in brotherly love.

It was very hard for all of us to say goodbye, but it had to be done, and Jesus returned me to my home and left.

I woke up the next morning and worshipped my Blessed Redeemer, with thanksgiving for answering my prayer.

The story is so beautiful I want to share it with everyone.
AMEN.

Kathleen Ross, Alberta, Canada