Almost

From: Echoes of Grace: 1959

• 2 min. read • grade level: 3

The vessel failed to make harbor.

In the raging storm it was driven by the wind's fury away from the entrance to the place of safety and was wrecked on a lee shore.

There the remnant of a once fine ship lies. It is a warning to mariners to beware of the rock-bound coast.

The derelicts of the world are living warnings to all of us who are sailing on the sea of life. The great storm of "the wrath to come" is at hand.

Have you made the harbor? Are you safe for eternity?

Christ is the shelter. He is the refuge for the sinful. He is the only refuge.

Oh, before the storm breaks, flee to Him.

Many a ship has been just too late to make the harbor and has been wrecked just outside. Many a soul has heard the warnings of the Spirit of God and has postponed the settlement of the greatest of all questions. The world with its gay voice has called; its attractions have allured; and the promptings of conscience have been unheeded. Part of the world may have been gained for a time, but the soul has been lost for eternity. Almost saved— TOTALLY LOST.

"Almost!" Oh, the agony of remorse for those who were so near the glory but chose the pit!

Under which heading do you belong— "Almost”

or "Saved"?

ALMOST

So near the door—

the door stood wide!

Close to the refuge—

but not inside!

Near to the fold—

not within!

Almost persuaded to

flee from sin;