MARSEILLE PORT

I'M SITTING AT THE PORT HAVING ICED COFFEE, ENJOYING THE WEATHER.  THE MARSEILLE YACHT CLUB IS ABOUT A BLOCK DOWN THE STREET.  A FEW MINUTES AGO THERE WAS A CRUISE SHIP LEAVING THE PORT.  I HEARD THE       B-E-E-E-E-P       OF THE HORN ANNOUNCING THEIR DEPARTURE.

SOME WOULD SAY "THIS IS THE LIFE!"  (SE LA VIE! ? FRENCH SPELLING)  AS I LOOK AROUND MY HEART CRIES.  ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE UNSAVED.  FRANCE IS A COUNTRY THAT IS 45% CATHOLIC.  CATHOLICS AREN'T CHRISTIAN, THEY PRAY TO THE SAINTS.  ALL THEIR "HAIL MARYS'" WON'T SAVE THEM.  HOW SAD!

I'M IN THE FRENCH RIVIERA, WHICH MAKES IT WORSE.  MARSEILLE RECEIVED THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL SPORTS AWARD.   THE CITY RECEIVED AN INTERNATIONAL TOURIST AWARD IN 2014.  THE FRENCH RIVIERA IS KNOWN FOR IT'S SUN AND SIN.  AGAIN, HOW SAD!

BUT - IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL - THERE IS CHRIST. MARSEILLE IS THE CITY WHERE LAZARUS (THE ONE WHOM JESUS RAISED FROM THE DEAD) WAS KILLED.  LAZARUS' TOMB IS IN VICTORS' ABBEY.  THE NEAT PART, JESUS TOLD LAZARUS' SISTER (MARY) HER NAME WOULD BE FAMOUS.  SHE'S THE ONE WHO POURED PERFUME ON JESUS' FEET BEFORE HE WENT TO THE CROSS

AS FOR MYSELF, I WITNESS ALL OF THE TIME,  EVEN WHILE I'M WRITING THIS POST GOD IS USING ME AS A LIGHT TO MARSEILLE.  THE CHROMEBOOK I'M USING IS PLAYING CHRISTIAN MUSIC OUT LOUD.  I'M NOT USING THE HEAD PHONES INTENTIONALLY.  THIS WAY, THE PEOPLE IN THE TABLES AROUND ME CAN HEAR ABOUT JESUS.

OH, GOD IS GOOD!  I LOVE BEING HIS VESSEL ANY TIME.  IN THE DAY TIME, THE NIGHT TIME, ANY TIME.  LORD, HERE I AM. SEND ME!