However, God always reminds me of a promise which has become somewhat of a life verse for me in many ways: It’s been a long and ongoing road of healing and restoration…one where I’ve had to occasionally battle not looking back. When the hurt of the past and some of those scars try to resurface, I have to remind myself to look ahead and press on. Therefore, even now, I need reminders not to think about the past, and like the lyrics of the song say I need to step into a new day and don’t look back.
That line resonated with me because unfortunately there are still times that I have triggers of pain or have paralyzing fears about the past resurfacing again. In verse 2 of the “Burn the Ships” song, there’s a line that says “Don’t let it arrest you, this fear, this fear of fallin’ again”. This was only possible because we committed to burn the ships and decided to look ahead to the possibility and promise of something new. This mosaic represented how God made something new and beautiful out of something very broken. The traditional “gift” for 20 years is china, so I made Eric a mosaic out of a broken piece of china of my grandmother’s. Last month (December 2019) we celebrated our 20 th wedding anniversary. Then on our 15 year anniversary, five years later, we re-committed with another symbolic (yet quite permanent!) declaration by getting tattoos on our wedding ring fingers as a reaffirmation of our vows. (I had a picture I was going to post of us burning them with fireworks on the 4 th of July, but I can’t seem to find it.) My “ship” was divorce, and by burning that it took that option off of the table forever. We symbolically burned the ships when we literally burned our divorce papers. My tattoo ring is a reminder to me of what God has done in my marriage Only by God’s grace, forgiveness, and power was our marriage restored. It was very broken-beyond any repair that we could humanly do. 10 years ago our marriage was in a deep and dark place, to the point of separation and divorce papers. This reminded me of a particular time that I too had to burn the ships at one time. We are not leaving this place alive unless we win.” A reminder to me
BURN THE SHIPS FULL
Consequently he removed any obstacles that could potentially hold his men back from giving their full effort. Therefore, to burn the ships is to cut all sources of retreat. Cortés knew one thing: retreat is easy when you have the option. Thus, the result and reasoning remain the same…to prevent retreat and ensure his men were committed to their mission. Regardless of the “how”, it is evident from history that the ships were indeed destroyed.
Additionally it is debated whether or not he actually spared one ship to send to King Charles V in Spain with a portion of the treasure from his conquest. There is some dispute about whether or not he burned the ships or instead sank, scuttled, or ran them aground. This would send a clear message-that there was no turning back! After doing a little bit of research I discovered that Cortés, in fact, may not have actually burned the ships. Hernán Cortés-Burn the ShipsĬortés was said to have burned his own ships upon arrival in Veracruz, Mexico in 1519 to prevent the retreat of his men. To symbolize this, the team huddles up and shouts “1-2-3-BTS!” (BTS=Burn the ships) The back of their hoodies this year also say “Burn the Ships”. They needed to burn them down, get out of their shell, and fight as a team this year. They have to fight in order to survive.įor the baseball team, the metaphorical ships are their past (the past losses, being an ordinary team, almost winning, etc.). He said they need motivation just like Cortés’ men did in order to conquer the new land. This year their coach didn’t want that to hold them back. You see, last year the team made the state playoffs but just missed making it to the championship game. In fact, it’s one of the team’s mantras this year. He had actually learned it from his baseball coach this year. I never remembered learning about this story before. I got really excited to show my son the song because he had just told me the story about the Spanish explorer and conquistador, Hernán Cortés, who burned his ships to give his men motivation to fight. A couple months ago I heard a song for the first time called “ Burn the Ships”, by for KING & COUNTRY (video below).
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