Saturday Song: Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

Isn't it interesting how news reports can impact some folks but not others? I was in Toronto, Ontario in November of 1975 when I heard the news one morning. Though I felt a twinge of sadness for those twenty-nine sailors, it was just one of many tragic news stories that day.

But Gordon Lightfoot was deeply moved by the news, so much so that he wrote a song about it. Almost a year later, that song was in rotation on radio stations across Canada.

Hear the song here.

The fact nobody is willing to face is that we all die. As the scripture says in Isaiah 64:6 (KJV), "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."

And as it says in James 4:14 (KJV), "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."

But death isn't the end, as many people believe. Each one of us will stand trial for what we did in this life and for accepting or rejecting Christ's magnanimous gift of eternal salvation. As the Bible says in Hebrews 9:27 (KJV), "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:"

This is good news if you've placed your life in Christ's hands but bad news if you haven't. Message me if you'd like to learn more about eternal life.

Well, what did you think of this song and what I wrote? Please leave me a comment below. Also, have a great weekend.

Monday's post will be about the danger of being a Bible teacher. Those who teach error will be harshly punished by God.