Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me

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 going to sail a short distance to get to a harbor that was more protected from the winter wind. When a gentle wind sprang up blowing in the direction they wanted to go, they assumed, like most of us, that it was a sign they were doing the right thing. However, it turns out that it was just the beginning of a nor’easter. We will continue with this next time. Father help us to be guided by You and not by our circumstances. Give the reader the guidance he/she needs.