Shuffling Priorities
by Steve Goodier
It happened on the evening of April 14, 1912. The Titanic, the
largest ship afloat, struck an iceberg in the treacherous waters of the
Atlantic. Four hours later she sank to the bottom.
A place on one lifeboat was reserved for a certain woman. She
was just stepping into the boat when she asked if she could run to the ship's
library to get something. She was allowed three minutes.
The woman ran through the corridors of the reeling vessel.
Crossing the saloon she caught sight of jewelry strewn around the floor.
Passengers had hurriedly cleaned out their safes and dropped valuables as they
ran. What an opportunity! Wealth was literally at her fingertips!
But she ignored the jewelry, made her way to the library,
snatched a copy of the Bible and ran back to the waiting lifeboat.
Earlier that day it may have seemed incredible to the woman to
choose a copy of the Bible over valuable jewelry. But in the face of death,
prized valuables became relatively worthless, and what may have seemed
worthless became suddenly valuable.
Unfortunately, it often takes a catastrophe to shuffle our
priorities into a sensible order. But what a catastrophe when we never do
discover what is truly valuable.
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