A roaring sea waves!

'He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust" (Psalm 91:2).

As I watched the ocean from my office window, roaring big waves strikes our ship as we sail back to Port of Leith for our project demobilisation.  As you watched the discovery channel’s documentary ‘Deadliest Catch’ seemingly the same experience as the big waves lashes our ships. Pretty blessed that wind is not as stronger.  Weather forecast for today onwards tells that sig waves falls to a height of 3.5 – 6meters.  I thanked God that laying of umbilicals was completed last night and we commenced transit by around 12midnight.  During this period from October to December it is not applicable to sail if your vessel is small enough to encounter huge sea waves in the North Sea.  And this is the time were most of the seafarer experiencing sea sickness.  Staffs were vomiting and can’t take standing as seems you’re in the building with an earthquake magnitude of 10.  Yeah, you’ll thinking that our life is easy and good? No! It’s not really!  We are blessed with a high paying job in exchange for the high risk and danger lives at sea.  Ask seafarer’s you know and inquire to them the experiences they had during bad weather.

I remember the storms on the Sea of Galilee where Jesus portrayed his miracles during the great windstorms causing high waves that beat the boat.  Frightened by the storm that boat is about to fill with water, the disciples hurriedly woke up Jesus.  Jesus stood up and commanded the wind, “Be quiet!” and he said to the waves, “Be still!” the wind died down and there was a great calm. (Mark 4:35-41 TEV)

Why are you frightened? Do you still have no faith?  For others, sea storm are part of sea life and nonsense thing to discuss but for others who believe on God, still, asking protection and guidance is the best thing that needs to be done.  I am not frightened for I know that God is here and he will always be with us.