You Can Be a Beacon on a Troubled Sea

About the only thing that the sailors could be certain about was the fact that their lives would soon end unless something changed quickly. They were not sure where they were, but they knew from the depth soundings that they were getting closer to land. Without warning, the next big wave could hurdle them onto a rocky coast and smash the ship to pieces. They were exhausted from the constant struggle day and night to keep the ship upright and afloat. Whenever the ship rose to the top of a swell,...