Lord Save Me

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4369922169690111&id=100000171133918 When we lived on Guam (1-8-89 to 2-19-95) I ran out of fuel in a skiff during a typhoon and almost got blown out to sea. The reason I was on the skiff during a typhoon is because my employer at a scuba diving tour company asked me to go down to the harbor and tie the dive boats up better and secure everything on the decks because the typhoon had been upgraded. The larger of the two boats was tied up at the harbor of refuge (Harbor Of Refuge: a harbor constructed to give shelter to ships on an exposed coastline) and I needed to take the skiff to get to it. With the typhoon bearing down on the island, I was impatient to get home to my family seeing that the fuel tank was low, I opted to push ahead, disregarding the wisdom in "preparing every needful thing." (D&C 88:119). As the outboard sputtered to a stop I realized that there was only one oar onboard. In my panic the Holy Spirit guided me. As the wind started blowing me toward the open sea, I straddled the bow so that I could use the single oar like a paddle and started paddling vigorously. Paddling with an oar is extremely awkward and inefficient. Without continuous and vigorous effort, the wind would start to overpower my forward momentum. Several times I felt that my energy was going to give out and I was going to collapse in shear exhaution. Pleading prayers mixed with perspiration and determination ultimately got me to safety. As I eventually paddled into the wind-shadow of the harbor of refuge, gratitude surged through my heart. This experience taught me much about exercising faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. A very good friend took a crude drawing that was in my journal and turned it into this beautiful paintlng. D&C 38:30 . . . but if ye are prepared ye shall not fear. Mathew 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.