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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God As we voyage on the sea of life the wind speed and wind direction may change without notice… something may happen out of the blue, or a word may be spoken that pitches us in a new direction. We may ask ourselves if this sudden wind…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea with God As we voyage on the sea of life there are deep, invisible underwater currents that can pull us in a positive or a negative direction. They can even rip our vessel apart. Currents tend to be strongest where there is some kind of constriction. In our…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book. At Sea With God As we voyage with the Lord, what really matters is that we are trying to live true to the deepest alignment of our souls to God. As we do this, it becomes an attractor to encourage others to seek out their own deepest alignment. Most of…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God As we voyage with the Lord on the sea of life we need to pay attention to our position and direction. The lines of latitude that guide our journey may be such things as studying scripture, observing the Sabbath, accepting doctrine and creeds etc. The longitude…
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Have you ever wanted to quit? You ask, “Quit what?” Quit trying to be a nice, descent, spiritual guy. This is the “nice guy” whom the church rewards for being “a good man.” The nice guy knows he is operating more in his own strength then that of the Lord’s. I have learned from hard…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea with God When we feel life is hard and painful, we may see heaven as our destination where all is well, and earth a place to just survive! But many of our spiritual fathers of the past remind us that heaven is here and now too, as Jesus…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God In the sea of life leaving the harbor can be both joyful and painful If we are sailing on the full tide we may feel overwhelming delight and anticipation. If we are launching because of an experience of despair or trauma we may feel apprehensive. Others…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God When we are voyaging with the Lord there is a time to launch out into the sea. There has been lots of preparation in the background before we reach that stage of our journey. Often it is the fruit of years of slow growth and carefully…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea with God Who is with us on our boat that we call our life? Who are our personal “crew” and how close do we feel to them and value them? 1. The Navigator/co-navigator, is someone alongside us who shares the voyage at an intimate level, encouraging us and…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God As we voyage through life, we often accumulate excess clutter which is often a sign of insecurity- a defense barrier against the world or protection against facing some unfinished business. What things fill up our boat and take up space? 1.Old hurts and resentments which can…