lighthouses

i have always been fascinated with light. and lighthouses. like the one on my blog page. i’ll talk more about light later- trust me. but lighthouses are what’s catching my attention right now. it’s such a perfect analogy (maybe perfect is too strong a word, but you get my drift). i just keep picturing a boat in the middle of the ocean. it is tossed and turned around in every direction, depending on the weather, and has no anchor that is strong enough to hold it to the ocean floor. and it’s dark outside. are you picturing this? because the boat is so small and the waves so big, it seems that there is no light. but then, as the boat rises to the top of one of the waves, before falling back to the trough-out of nowhere- comes a beam of light. it catches the eye only for an instant, because it must keep scanning, but it’s enough. there is light. it isn’t completely dark. there is guidance and direction and strong ground. the direction is clear, if only for a moment. lighthouses are an illustration of hope and guidance. they provide a warning light and a safety light. in the midst of indecision and a whirlwind of crazy life, there is truth- our God provides that. there is guidance. there is hope. there is direction. land is near. it’s not any particular place on land that we are searching for- only solid ground. and it’s searching for us (He is searching for us). that’s comforting. decisions don’t have to be so hard- we just need to look at the important factors- love, life, and land- the solid ground that he leads us to.