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Topic: Inspirational 07/07/10 Rescue at Sea
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From: "Sherry's Inspirational List" <sherrysinspirationallist@hotmail.com>
Date: Jul 06 09:35PM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/sherrys_inspirational/msg/46e1d30ded336b20
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Rescue at Sea
By Dan Clark
from A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
Copyright 1995 by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the
world about the rewards of unselfish service. Because the entire village
revolved around the fishing industry, a volunteer rescue team was needed in
cases of emergency. One night the winds raged, the clouds burst and a gale
force storm capsized a fishing boat at sea. Stranded and in trouble, the
crew sent out the S.O.S. The captain of the rescue rowboat team sounded the
alarm and the villagers assembled in the town square overlooking the bay.
While the team launched their rowboat and fought their way through the wild
waves, the villagers waited restlessly on the beach, holding lanterns to
light the way back. An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared through the
fog and the cheering villagers ran to greet them. Falling exhausted on the
sand, the volunteers reported that the rescue boat could not hold any more
passengers and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more passenger
would have surely capsized the rescue boat and all would have been lost.
Frantically, the captain called for another volunteer team to go after the
lone survivor. Sixteen-year-old Hans stepped forward. His mother grabbed
his arm, pleading, "Please don't go. Your father died in a shipwreck 10
years ago and your older brother, Paul, has been lost at sea for three
weeks.
Hans, you are all I have left." Hans replied, "Mother, I have to go. What
if everyone said, 'I can't go, let someone else do it?' Mother, this time I
have to do my duty. When the call for service comes, we all need to take
our turn and do our part." Hans kissed his mother, joined the team and
disappeared into the night. Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans'
mother like an eternity. Finally, the rescue boat darted through the fog
with Hans standing up in the bow. Cupping his hands, the captain called,
"Did you find the lost man?" Barely able to contain himself, Hans excitedly
yelled back, "Yes, we found him. Tell my mother it's my older brother,
Paul!"
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his
friends." - John 15:13
"Groter liefde het niemand as dit nie, dat iemand sy lewe vir sy vriende
gee." - John 15:13
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