Good morning. Psalm 63: oh
God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirst for You, my
flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Remember
the image of the deer panting for the water. That is the way our soul should be
towards God. The world is a dry and weary land with no water for our soul. Our
soul cannot be satisfied with things of the world. Having a bunch of things
will not take the place of God for our soul. Because Your lovingkindness is
better than life, my lips will praise You. I will bless You as long as I live.
My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness. In God our soul is totally
satisfied. When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night
watches. What do we think about when we go to bed? Is it the troubles
confronting us, or is it God? We cannot still our soul when we are thinking
about the troubles besetting us. We must meditate on God. In the shadow of Your
wings I sing for joy. There are those protecting wings again. My soul clings to
You; Your right hand upholds me. He will take care of you and protect you from
all harm. Father thank You that You do take care of the reader; that his/her
soul is satisfied with You. He/she meditates on You when he/she goes to bed.
You speak to him/her in the night time. He/she knows what to do when he/she
awakens.
When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives.
Good morning. When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion. Notice that “we“ returns. Luke has not been mentioned during the entire two years that Paul was at Caesarea. I guess it is safe to assume that he was in the area during this time. We will leave out the names of a bunch of places where they passed. They had sailed for a good many days and began to have trouble with the wind. This was a warning of what was about to happen. When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast (Day of Atonement) was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives. The centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. They did not want to get stuck for the winter in the port where they were located. They actually were only g...
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