What do you do when your faith appears shipwrecked?
How do we weather seasons in life when friends are far away, fair havens have faded from the horizon, we are storm-tossed at sea, and everything we need has been stripped away? You lose your job. You’re bombing several classes. Your home feels like a battleground. You’ve just been diagnosed with a serious illness. Your church is in dire straits. In seasons like this, many of us (myself included) feel like we need something new — a new word from God that applies directly to our situation. In Acts 27 , after more than two years of waiting, Paul was finally sailing for Rome . His whole life had led up to this moment. All of his training and experience had prepared him to preach the gospel before Caesar himself. But on the journey from Jerusalem to Rome, Paul faced one of the fiercest storms of his life. And the strength he needed did not come from a new promise, but an old one — a promise God had given to him years before. Goodbye, Fair Havens The trip starts off well.