Image via Wikipedia In the days of the old sailing ships, the most important single bit of equipment on board was the mariner’s compass. And when we set off on our spiritual journey, we need a spiritual compass to keep us on the path towards home in spite of our confusion, failure, and sin. Our compass does include our conscience, but is not limited to that. Good thing; in this fallen world, our conscience can be a an untrustworthy guide! True north is only maintained by the Word of God and prayer, the spiritual compass of our life. Use the spiritual compass to enter into a personal relationship with God…

Image via Wikipedia So Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers. Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.” Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out…