"CLAIMING THE HIGH C'S"
PART IV
THE EARLY VOYAGE
And we know that all things work together for good
to them that love God,
to them that are called according to His purpose.
... In all these things
we are more than conquerors
through Him that loved us
(Romans 8:28 and 37, KJV.)
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CHAPTER 11
COUPLEHOOD
Narrows:
A small passage between two lands.1
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On a sailing ship or cruising boat, it's generally impossible to move until the anchor is raised and "all hands" are ready to assist or join in getting "under-way".
Couplehood or coupling is "the act of joining together", bringing completeness, and an enabling to accomplish greater feats; as in sailing a large ship or joining two railroad cars or "a method or device for joining two electric circuits for the transference of energy."2
Sometimes things are tough! Thins are scary! How do you get through the narrows?
 For if they fall,
the one will lift up his fellow:
but woe to him that is alone when he falleth;
for he hath not another to help him up.
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat:
but how can one be warm alone?
And if one prevail against him,
two withstand him;
and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
(Ecclesiastes 4:10-12, KJV.)
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About the Relationship of Friends...
This is what God says.
Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. What is that Law? It is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength. AND to love your neighbor as yourself.
Does that Scripture sounds too easy? Are you already loving the nice friendly people all around you?
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CHAPTER ELEVEN NOTES
1 Glossary of Nautical Terms (Circa 1814).
www.psych.edu.au/vbb/woronora/maritime/Glossary.html
2 Guralnik, David (Editor). (1974).
Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language.
New York: William Collins World Publishing Company, Inc. pg 237.
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