Consider this: From my vantage point on the shoreline, it appeared that the ship in the distance was floating aimlessly, driven by the waves. Yet, the ship was firmly anchored and was never in danger of drifting. We too need to be firmly anchored in God’s Word to keep us from drifting aimlessly in life. Absolute truth is vitally important for all time and all people. When we live our lives based on the truth of God’s Word, it acts as a guidance system for the choices and decisions we make. Saint John of the Cross, Spanish poet and Carmelite monk, put it this way, “When you see your appetites darkened, your inclinations dry and constrained, your faculties incapacitated for any interior exercise, do not be afflicted; think of this as a grace... God takes you by the hand and guides you in darkness, as though you were blind, along a way and to a place you know not. You would never have succeeded in reaching this place no matter how good your eyes and your feet.”

Discuss: What problem are you and your spouse facing right now? Name it. Talk it over together. Confess any doubt or anxiety to God.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away your ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.
CORRIE TEN BOOM (1892–1983)

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