By Brad Campbell –

Just a thought to help start your week.

My wife and I were equally amazed at all the beautiful sunrises and sunsets we were able to experience while on our cruise to Alaska and back.  The colors of the light reflecting across the waves of the water were incredible.  We took time to pose and take “selfies” with several of those picturesque scenes.  Then, there was this one morning…

I was awake first, grabbed my phone to capture yet another sunrise photo, and looked out our window.  Nothing.  I could see absolutely nothing beyond the railing of the balcony.  It was as if the world had completely disappeared from sight.  The fog was so dense that visibility was nil to none.  Every few minutes all day long until late afternoon, we heard the ship’s fog horn sounding.  It was a strange and eerie feeling, but we were at the mercy of the ship and the skills of the ship’s captain and crew to carry us through and beyond the fog.

So many of us wander this world as if in a fog.  We stagger through our days oblivious to the fact that prayerfully there are other days to come, there are other places to see, and there are definitely other people who need to hear about the love of Jesus!

We must put our absolute trust in the Lord above, the Captain of our life’s ship, as He carries us through life’s waters, across the horizon, and into a land of sunrises like we have never seen before!  Our responsibility is to carry on.  Share His love.  Remind others of the purpose for the continuing fog horn — to lead us to safety, warning the world to get out of our way.

When you get up in the morning and you are so foggy you can’t see how you’ll make it through the day, place your trust in the One Who has all control.  The fog horn may be an eerie sound, but it’s a fantastic reminder that we are being safely transported through a painfully foggy world to the other side!  Don’t worry about what you can’t see out there.  It doesn’t matter as long as He is in control.

Just a thought.