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A Message from Chaplain Mark Javery

This month our membership seems to be doing pretty good. Continue to pray for those in our club family dealing with chronic health conditions. Pray also for safety and journey mercies for our members returning home from their winter havens. This year, to me, our winter season sure seemed like a tough one. Granted, for Michigan it was not super cold or snowy. Whether it was because of the chaos in our world today, having a slow surgery recovery, or just because I’m getting older it sure seemed like a long winter. At or on the water has always been one of my “happy places” and certainly a place where I feel the presence of God and the love of our Lord. God’s majesty is displayed in every sunrise and sunset on the water. Every one unique in their beautiful shades of color, no two ever the same. When storms come through I feel His power and might… Hopefully safely in harbor. When Jesus was on the earth he must have loved the sea also. So many stories in the Bible place Jesus on the sea or at the beach. He called disciples to follow him walking along the Sea of Galilee, calling Peter and Andrew to be fishers of men. In the gospel of Matthew Jesus was sleeping on a boat as a storm came up that made his disciples afraid. With the return of some decent weather days it was nice to return to the marina and take a moment to sit and look out on our beautiful lake.