"Red sky at morning..."

The saying "Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailors' delight."

I always thought that was a Navy thing, maybe because Dad said it often and he was a Navy veteran and I just put the two together.

Today I was reading the passages for Day 23 of Reading the Bible in 365 Days.  When I moved to the passage from the New Testament, I read this:

Matthew 16: 2-3 - "When evening comes, you say 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,' and in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.'  You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, you  cannot interpret the signs of the times."




Jesus was talking to the Pharisees and adduces who came to Him and asked for a sign from Heaven.  This was his response.  And there was more to His response, which would be the topic for another post.

I never knew this before.  Well, I am sure I have read Matthew 16 or it has been a featured scripture in a message or sermon.  But it never hit me before that the signs were not a creation of a Navy sailor somewhere who put it together as a guide for others.

And as I typed that, I thought, well, duh.  Jesus is indeed the greatest sailor of the seas and in Dad's self-written obituary, he said he was ready to sail the seas of his Lord and Savior.

It all ties together, doesn't it?

Sometimes it just takes me a while to put it all together.