Course Corrections

When my family and I went on vacation last week I took my son and a friend deep sea fishing. The experience was not too great, I got seasick and the fishing wasn't that good. However, while we were fishing, I noticed something that I thought was interesting. As the captain was moving us from location to location trying to find some better fishing, the deckhands would throw a bouy out every time we stopped. The bouy had a small anchor on it to keep it fairly still. When it was time to move, the deckhands would retrieve the bouy and its anchor and throw it out at the next stop.

As I watched this, I kept wondering what in the world they were doing. Finally, it dawned on me what it was for. By the tme we reached a location where we could actually start fishing, we were 30 miles off-shore. There was no land in sight and the sea was very rough. The captain had no fixed reference point to go by to keep the boat still. The bouy provided a fixed object for the captain to use to keep the boat still.

So what does that have to do with anything? Well, the world we live in today is awash in relativism, what was obscene 40 years ago is now commonly accepted on a daily basis. Face it, when are in the open sea and need a fixed reference point to keep ourselves still.

I believe that Jesus Christ provides that reference point. He is that fixed point that we need to keep our eyes on to keep on the right path.

Introduction

On spring break this year, my family and I took a vacation to Pensacola. We gave both of the kids he opportunity to bring along a friend. On the drive down I was thinking about how I would feel if my kids were off on a vacation with someone else. I knew that if I called them, they would not provide much detail about what was going on, I would get a lot of one word answers and not much more. I decided to start a blog for the parents and I basically detailed the events of each day of the trip, provided some pictures etc...

When we got back the parents were really appreciative of the information and really enjoyed it even though it was just day to day stuff. I guess when its your kids even the mundane can be exciting. The most interesting thing about it though was how I felt when I was posting the days events. I really enjoyed it and it was therapeutic for me. I had heard of people spending a lot of time 'blogging'. I was familiar with the technology and saw a lot of business uses for it, but I never really considered starting a personal blog.The vacation blog got me interested though. Many times I have thoughts and realizations about life, living, spirituality and such that I always wanted to share, but I never found the right forum for it. This could be forum that I've been looking for.

So what's with the name? While we were on the aforementioned vacation, I had time to reflect about where I was and where I was going. Several times during my life I have had to make major course corrections. I decided that when we returned, it was time for another. More details about that later....