Like most Christian tour groups in Israel we sailed the Sea of Galilee on a “Jesus Boat.” It’s a replica of an ancient boat found in the mud on an occasion when the lake was low, a boat that went back nearly to the time of Christ. It seems authentic.
We had the boat to ourselves in this case, for
an hour. Besides hearing the music and
being led in music by the owner of the boat, a Messianic Jew named Daniel
Carmel, one of our group members also shared.
Tim Gregory has worked with the Navigators in the Billings area for many
years. He has become a treasured friend,
not only of our son in Billings but our whole family. Tim and his precious wife Lisa and girls have
joined our family for our annual campout and also entertained us in their home
at Thanksgiving the last two years after our son had moved to Costa Rica.
Tim chose a passage that he told me was what I
should expect from him. It was his
immediate thought when he knew we would be on the boat. It was Jesus’ words to the disciples He
called along the Sea of Galilee: Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of
men.
Tim reminded us, and I hope you will pause to
think on this as well, of the setting of the story, the words Jesus said, and
of the way they immediately left everything to follow
Christ.
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| Sunrise on the Sea of Galilee. |
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| We had the boat to ourselves. |
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