Last week my best friend from Ohio flew in to see me. She was here for a week and we sure had a nice time. We had so much catching up to do that we hardly had time for running around to see much. Judy spent a lot of time just sitting at the beach. She said she came to see me and to sit at the beach. And that's just what she did. We had such a good time while she was here. One of the things that Judy said she wanted to do was visit the lighthouse. She had never been in a lighthouse (and neither had I so it was a first for both of us) and had always wanted to see one. So we took a trip to Jupiter to the lighthouse and from there on to Juno Beach to see the sea turtles at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Boy was it a hot day. We sweated so much I think you could have wrung out our clothes and filled a bucket. But, the trip was worth every drop of sweat. After going to see the lighthouse I went home and began to ponder some questions. What kind of person would be the keeper of a lighthouse? Is it a lonely job climbing all those stairs to the top to watch for the ships that come into the harbor? There were 105 steps to the top of this lighthouse. How my legs ached for days after going up and down all of those stairs. I wonder what kinds of things the keeper would have seen in all the nights that he sat up there and watched. How many ships he safely helped into the harbor by keeping the light shining in the big dome at the top of the lighthouse. This also led me on another train of thought...
Where would I be if it hadn't been for the lighthouse that directed my weary, sin-sick soul to Jesus? If He hadn't shone the light of His love on the pathway of my life, where would this ship have ended up? I am so thankful for the guiding light of my Saviour and that he was willing to climb that awful hill called "Golgotha" so that He could shine the light for me and for the world and safely guide me into the harbor of salvation. I don't have to be shipwrecked somewhere lost in the sea of sin. I don't have to beached on some forgotten island of despair. I just stay in the light that my Lord shines on the sea of my life and I know that he will safely guide me home. Sometimes the hurricanes and storms of life threaten me and sometimes I want to jump overboard when the burdens get too heavy but He gently reminds me to just follow in the path of the light and He will lead me to safety.
This song says it all...
The lighthouse
There's a lighthouse on a hillside
that overlooks life's sea.
When I'm tossed He sends out a light,
a light that I might see.
And the light that shines in darkness now
Will safely lead me on
If it wasn't for the lighthouse
This ship would sail no more.
Oh I thank God for the lighthouse
I owe my life to Him
King Jesus is the lighthouse
Upon the rocks of sin
He has shone a light around me
That I could clearly see
If it wasn't for the lighthouse
Then where would this ship be.
Everybody that lives around us
says tear the lighthouse down
You know the big ships
they don't sail by this way no more
so what's the use of it standing 'round?
Ahh, but then my mind goes way on back
to that stormy night,
when just in time, oh thank God I saw the light
T'was the light from that old lighthouse
that still stands up there on a hill.
Oh I thank God for the lighthouse
I owe my life to Him
King Jesus is the lighthouse
Upon the rocks of sin
He has shone a light around me
That I could clearly see
If it wasn't for the lighthouse
Then where would this ship be.
Oh, If it wasn't for the lighthouse
Oh, If it wasn't for the lighthouse
Then where would this ship be.
If you read the sign you will see that for a period of time during the War Between the States, the lighthouse was dark. Aren't you thankful that the Light of Jesus never has to go dark? 
This is the first set of steps leading up to the lighthouse. 34 steps to be exact.
Going up...
Going down...
105 steps...WOW!! We were sore for a few days.
The view from the top...
We had such a wonderful time looking out at all of the beauty God has made from such a high "perch". Tricia loved it at the top. Kind of scary since she is such a daredevil...lol.
Hope you will keep in mind that Jesus is our lighthouse and stay in the light. He will always guide us to our destination and we never have to worry.
Gale
4 comments:
Michael's class went there last week on a field trip - he loved it. He used his $$ to buy a tshirt at the gift shop that said how many steps were on the back. I hurt just thinking of climbing all of them! I climbed to the top of that thing when I was just 4 years old, I still remember it. I also remember trying to talk the lady with us into carrying me after awhile because I was tired - can you imagine?!?!
That didn't come our right...on the back of the tshirt it says how many steps there are.
"The Lighthouse" is one of my favorite songs. I have been to that lighthouse, but was not in it. I absolutely love lighthouses:)
Gale I so want to go see the "Light House". When we go to West Palm I so enjoy looking at it. My bathroom is lighthouses. The Lighthouse song is beautiful.
I want to take the two older boys one day this summer, but I don't know if I could handle the stairs with my Fibromyalgia. I have trouble with just a few steps, let alone 105. I had to take a picture of it one time while I was here. Hoping to make a picture for my bathroom but I haven't got the picture like I want yet. Thanks for sharing.
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