Early this morning a coal carrier ran aground on a reef at Douglas Shoal east of Rockhampton in the Great Barrier Marine Park. This is our part of the world and my brother who works as a pilot for Peace Aviation was given the job of flying a reporter out over the ship for the purposes of photography. Here is my brothers photo from his iPhone. For proper photographs you will need to purchase the Morning Bulletin for April 5.
Whilst this ship ran aground at 2:00 am this morning – already there are 411 articles on Google News and a Wikipedia page called 2010 Barrier Reef Oil Spill. Not band for only 18 hours later. We live in a remarkable world.
In many places on the Great Barrier Reef it is compulsory for a Pilot who is a specialised driver for large ships to guide the big boats through the reefs. However in this part of the Reef, no pilot was required and the 250 metre long vessel ran aground.
Jesus is the captain of our souls and without him we would definitely run agound. In fact many people have made a shipwreck of their lives – they are lost, ruined and destroyed. Christ is the answer for these people.
Stay tuned for more news – keep your eyes on that Wikipedia page.
