"Not even God can sink this ship!" Really?

For a week or so now we've been doing a Titanic study and I wrote a report on it! I hope you enjoy!

The Titanic was a British Cruise liner steam boat going to New York. She was the biggest boat built in her time, and was thought unsinkable.  Captain Edward J. Smith even had a plaque up by his steering wheel that said, "Not even God can sink this ship!"
                                                                                                                                       
On the night of  April 14, 1912, the Titanic went a bit of course and was racing full speed ahead to make headlines with an early arrival, ignoring all the iceberg warnings. Then, one of the lookouts saw a massive iceberg, and the Titanic was heading straight for it at 25 miles per hour! When She hit the iceberg it did not cause a huge hole, but a series of splits on Her sides and bottom!
                 
The captain ordered for the life boats to be launched, but when they were launched they weren't full! 
                 
Far away the Carpathia, another big ship, heard the Titanic's distress calls and started to come to the Titanic's aid.
                 
The Titanic was built with water tight chambers and was designed to survive the flooding of the first two forward compartments, or any 4 others. But, the splits opened up the first 5, and the splits let in enough water to overwhelm the ship. Finally the huge, 900 foot ship started to sink! Then suddenly the ship started to break apart. When it broke apart it started to break one way but the water pushed it to break the other way. The front part of the Titanic went down first, causing the stern to turn directly vertical! When the front side sank it's estimated that it sank at the same speed the Titanic was going when it hit the iceberg.

Finally the Carpathia arrived, and took the survivors to New York. The next day the Government held a council with the survivors asking them about what they had witnessed. Then they counted all the survivors and found out that over 1,000 people had died.

Well, the reason the Titanic hit the iceberg is because the captain wanted to make headlines! They sure made head lines alright! It's like the Bible says, "pride comes before a fall."

Something to think about....

The Titanic sinking was not just a coincidence, but because of it's pride. Remember the plaque that said God couldn't sink the Titanic? The Titanic sunk because it was challenging God. It sunk because the crew and captain were being arrogant, ignoring the iceberg warnings. So, we must not be like the Titanic! We must not be prideful or arrogant. We must not challenge God. Or we will fall.

                                                                               Love,
                                                              Ashley
                                                               ~*~