Twisted Sister

20 Jan 2012 1 Comment

by pinkkudzu in Uncategorized Tags: cruise, gangplank, Heaven, hopes, Italian waters, sister, The Med, twisted sister

Seeing the pictures of the Costa cruise ship on its side in the Italian water, the phrase, “twisted sister” popped into my mind. Cruise ships usually have a sister, I’m not sure which is Concordia’s sister but evidently Concordia is the twisted of the two. 

I think about the people as they had boarded a few hours before, the anticipation of romance, new adventures, and the beautiful scenery of The Med. Walking up the gangplank to a cruise ship ignites little bubbles of excitement deep down, filled with the hope of getting away from the drama or normalness of life just long enough to produce a different life. A life that is brighter, cleaner, easier than it was before the cruise. The expectation is that time will slow down, making everything, even ordinary things, sweeter while on the ship.

I can picture the terminal before the Concordia was boarded. No one was standing around saying to their loved ones that the ship would sink and they would experience the horror of panic or the chill of icy cold waters. No one thought they’d never survive the cruise.

That’s not the way we think about a cruise.

That’s not the way we think about life.

If we lived in anticipation of the end of life, we’d behave differently. Blessings would be treasured. Love would be expressed. Relationships cherished. And most importantly, hope would be shared: the hope of Heaven, the joy of salvation.

 

The Concordia accident won’t stop me from cruising. (even though most of the ships we cruise on look like sister ships of the Concordia).  I won’t even think twice as we walk up the gangplank. But it does make me question how I’m treasuring each day, each love, each relationship, each opportunity.

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