Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God We are all on a journey that we might envision as a circular journey, like a voyage around the world of our own unique circumstances. This voyage seems to keep on returning us to its beginnings.  Our choices help determine whether our personal spiral is leading…

Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God Do you ever feel like you’re stuck and not going any where, like being adrift on the sea? It could be that we are stopped in our tracks by illness or injury or we’ve lost our vision and sense of direction. Or maybe we feel like…

Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God As we voyage on the sea of life, we may be hit by storm-force winds that surprise us and challenge us.  We can never really be prepared for them. They can be an unexpected turn of events that demands a radical rearrangement of our lives, or…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…