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. Hope everything is going well. Remember from yesterday that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance: however he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality. So it works both ways. Something that we fail to do too often – devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of Thanksgiving. Many times we only pray when we need something or we are in trouble. Few people devote themselves to prayer. Too often we just run off a string of requests, and don't even bother listening to God's response. Also He may have something He wants us to pray for, but we're so busy making requests for ourselves that we miss what He asks us to pray for. Our attitude as we pray should be – Thanksgiving. Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Remember that we are to be gentle as doves, but wise as serpents. We don't bow to their pressure, but we also don't try to push our beliefs on them. We are to: let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person. We don't fire back at each person – that would be seasoning our speech with pepper sauce. On the other hand our speech is not to be like grits with nothing on them (talk about tasteless). The Holy Spirit will give us what we are to say, if we keep our "ears" open to Him. And that is the end of the book of Colossians. Father thank You that the reader devotes himself/herself to prayer; he/she conducts himself/herself with wisdom towards outsiders; and his/her speech is always seasoned with grace.