A sailor's favorite thing is the sea; the smell of the salt water vapor in the air, the sight of waves crashing on top of one another, as if they were in some sort of a never ending beautiful dance tumbling over themselves, and the feeling of the boat rocking them to sleep. The sea is also a mysterious place for sailors, full of surprises and adventure, this is what lured me to the sea at the beginning of my life as a boy, it enthralled me with excitement whenever I thought of sailing. My life was a tragic life, before I sailed on this sea that is so crystal clear and amazing; it was as if the water was alive when I first emerged into it. But anyway let me tell you about my life before the sea. I grew up on my own as an only child, my parents died in a fire at home while I was gone, my mother was unconscious from the smoke inside and my dad wouldn't leave without her and he couldn't get her out.
So I grew up in our barn and made it into a home, I soon grew up and got myself into all sorts of mischief. Going to the town pub when I was only 16 and getting into bar fights was my favorite activity of the day, after that I would wander the streets looking for someone to actually look at me with love, but what I was looking for in this world would not be found.....no no.......this kind of love can not be found in the world. I soon began to work at coast yards loading and unloading ships, it was a good job but i wanted adventure, excitement, a blissful life of never knowing what to expect. So I asked my mentor when i could begin to sail in the shipping trade, and he told me that that wouldn't happen for sometime maybe four years at the least. I couldn't wait any longer, I had studied all about sailing, how to hoist the sails, how to control the ship, even how to navigate out in the sea, I learned all of this from books and just talking to sailors at the town pub. I couldn't wait for more then four years to embark on my journey that would start my life off, I needed to go as soon as possible. So a day or two later I woke up hours before dawn and stole a smaller sized ship, one that would house maybe six at the most for a couple days. All I wanted was just a short adventure, I didn't care what they would say when i got back, I just felt like I had to do this, as if the sea was calling me into some sort of destiny.
So I went off on my voyage, it was amazing, everything I had heard about was happening to me, all my dreams had come true! I watched the dancing waves for hours, until i realized I spent all day just resting on the bow of the ship watching the waves, it was amazing. I fell asleep in my cabin and I had never been so happy before in my entire life. But I was awakened by the most terrifying thing I could ever imagine, a storm was a brewing right out side. I went out side my cabin and it was worse then I had known, waves the size of building, and the sky lit up like a light bulb from the lightning above. I could do nothing but hope that this storm would pass me by, so i waited. I waited what felt like five hours for the storm to stop but it was merely five minutes I waited.
I soon looked out to the water, and at a distance the water was crystal blue and was glowing and it sounded as if a great voice was coming out of it. I screamed at the top of my lungs "GOD SAVE ME!!!" Soon enough the glow came close to the boat and I looked inside of it. I saw man in the water glowing with radiance, I was so awestruck with shock I just stood and stared at him. I looked at the man who stayed very peaceful and quiet, he made it as if the storm all around me was not even happening. I asked him "Do you speak!" then a lightning bolt struck the glow in the water and scared the living day light right out of me. Then I heard it speak. "The storm around you is the world and you are very close to the edge of drowning in it, I am the Lord your God, and I have a never ending sea that is longing for you to be sailing in it. Come and follow me and I will make your life the most favorable blissful life you could ever imagine. Because I know that what you long for is Love and Bliss. I can give you both and you will NEVER find that from the world. Do you want to sail on the world, or do you want to sail for me?" I stood scared and confused, I didn't know what to do, I was talking to the water, that didn't make any sense. Then the man began to speak again "I am you father, I am longing to love you and save you from this world of hate and destruction, so what do ya say?" I began to cry and all I could say was "I want to be loved, and saved from this horrible world." I fell to my knees and began to weep, and out of the corner of my eye I saw the glowing water expand across the sea, and as it expanded so far I couldn't see where it ended. Then I realized, the sea around me was completely still and I heard the voice spring out of the water and say "Be still and know that I am the Lord your God, I love you with a furious love that you will never be able to understand, Love is now your companion. Love is who I am!"
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