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I have been in the Book of Acts for a week or so, this morning in my talk with God I ask that I might learn something, that I might really feel the presence of the Holy Sprit in my reading....Maybe just me, I do not know, but in reading through chapter 27, rather than reading as in the past and as many sermons have been preached on this passage and God only knows over the years how many Sunday School lessons were made from this chapter 27-----Any way, now to my point, as I read this I kept thinking this is more than a recording of Paul's troubles and God's presence, it was a recording of life in general......We have good times in life, we have bad times in life, ----life is full of ups & downs or at least my life has been so, chapter 27 is a recording of getting rid of all the baggage and life saving which God put out there....as I read the more & more it spoke to me about my life & my fellow citizens here on earth and how if folks would turn to God--then things would be ok. Read Acts 27, think on your life and all the storms you have endured and how you want to control all that you endure, but when we toss all our baggage overboard and turn to God----then and only then will we find peace and calmness in the wake of the storms of our life----from experience I say this. Self control is an excellent tool for the devil to use to our disadvantage. Let me clear, I am not speaking about that inner strength that we all have way down deep inside, that inner strength is a God given gift and we need to acknowledge the fact that it is from God, not from our self-control. The devil makes it so very easy for us to gradually, over the years make ourselves into a god, The "I love me," " look at what I do and can do"-----"I got this, I can do it"......all this is gifts from God, the problem is when we elevate ourselves to where we put ourselves in complete control and make God absent in our lives

OH MY!!! I didn't mean to rattle on & on....but think on it-------GOD BLESS