Little Lights: Four Wonderful Things Upon the Earth (3): The Ship

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; – Prov. 30:18-19   The ship bobs on the ocean, seemingly weightless as it slices through the waves. By the power of its sails, it plows up a wave, crashes through the top, then slides down the far side. It is a wonder to behold, from the towering masts, massive spread of white canvas, and the foaming water against the wooden hull of the ship. All alone on the ocean, the...