Lighthouse Visitations

I have not posted in a while. Things have been pretty busy here. Our regular schedule started back up with the church - Sunday school is back, Charley is back from vacation, youth fellowship is about to start, and choir has come back. Now that all of that is back, I get to have a vacation too. So here I am.

OK - so I am on vacation this week. It has been a BEAUTIFUL week up here. Today - it actually got to 93 degrees. Not sure where that came from. Although I hear it is going to rain and storm tomorrow. I guess that is good because I am not traveling anywhere. I did most of my traveling earlier. On Monday, I went up to Portland, Maine to visit several lighthouses - including the most photographed one, Portland Head Light. Then on Tuesday, I went the opposite direction and spent the day on Cape Cod. Guess what? There are lighthouses there too!!!!

As many of you know, I have a stronghold with lighthouses. This was a nice retreat for me. Lighthouses famous and unknown; tall and short; skinny and fat; working and private residence - they all exist. To me, they are just as important to me as they were when they worked. They did such an important job in guiding captains and their crews. Each lighthouse is designed differently, from their painted display to their beacon signal. You will see a picture of Three Sisters - three small lighthouses at the midpoint of Cape Cod - from sea, you saw three lights right in a row. That told the captain that he was midway up the Cape Cod Coast.

Each one precisely thought out and designed to guide those who follow. I always say this, but can you imagine the parallels between lighthouses and living a life with God as the designer of our own lighthouses? It is obvious the design of the greatest lighthouse in sending Jesus to guide us down the path of life. But God also sends us lighthouses that guide us in more physical ways - teachers, families, friends, professors, mentors, ministers, and colleagues. Each one designed with such precision that every lighthouse in my life has been placed in just the right spot to guide me where I am supposed to go. Even when I don't want to admit it, God is so good about placing those beacons right when I need them and where I need them.

Enjoy the pictures and find the beacon that lights your path.