It’s been a very busy week for me, so my usual series of posts are disrupted, and I’ll stick with the nautical theme for one more day.  This a few months back from an online (and now telephone) friend Dale McAlpine:

How careful is the mariner to guard against leakage, lest the water entering into the vessel should, by imperceptible degrees, cause the vessel to sink; and ought not the Christian to watch and pray….

Dale gets to the point, makes it clear, and then quits.  It’s short, will only take you a minute, and I hope you’ll read it.  True Christian Living in the World.