Message in a bottle
Dear Kaisa and Christoffer,
A message in a bottle – our boys were very excited, when they found it at the beach of Wallnau/Fehmarn, an island on the baltic sea coast of Germany. We translated a bit for them, but they were fascinated the most by the cute drawings.
Your story touched our hearts, especially in that time, as traveling isn’t hardly possible. And it is funny, that we found your report, because we are kayakers, too. It reminded us of several tours with our friends and we felt with you, as you wrote about bad weather conditions, sore muscles but nonetheless a big adventure with friends.
We really liked your thought about the sea as a sanctuary. When we were on tour with our kayak, it didn’t take much time to clear the mind and leave stress and worries behind us and find peace in the beautiful nature around us. To think about the gorgeous environment drew us closer to our creator. In everyday life it isn’t so easy to feel that, but we are convinced that our creator is close to us.
One of our favorite quotes is from the bible and we would like to share that with you: ”If I would fly away with the wings of the dawn to reside by the most remote sea, even there your hand would lead me and your right hand would take hold of me.
If I say: ”Surely darkness will conceal me!” Then the night around me would become light. Even the darkness would not be too dark for you, but night would be as bright as the day. Darkness is the same as light to you.” (Psalms 139:9-12)
A friendship with God is our lighthouse in life and guides us through all our trials and tribulations. If you want to, have a look at the website jw.org. There you find many interesting answers to life’s big questions in more than 1000 languages.
Finally, we want to thank you for your great report and hope that you stay healthy.
Yours faithfully,
A. & S. and two boys from Germany