Food is essential for humans to stay alive and flourish. Some people eat too much food, others not enough. People have tried various fad diets or fasting for different periods of time.

I love water. I love swimming in it, boating in it, even just watching it. To me, water is beautiful, refreshing, life giving, and often fun. On the other hand, water can also be dangerous, scary, and even life ending.

Discernment is a wonderful thing. God wants us to know His Word and share it; He even gives to some the ability to read a situation and understand the steps to take. The centurion and the crew on the ship now recognized that Paul was someone special and very wise.

To say that Paul was on quite a journey would be an understatement. Falsely accused in Jerusalem, riots, uproars, governors', kings, and then a raging storm that was so severe they had to pass ropes under the ship to hold it together!

Paul was a Roman citizen and had appealed to Caesar, then he was sent on his way to Rome. He was placed in the hands of a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. Julius was a man of superior character and kindness.