I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. (Psalm 16:8)
If you
can find the Big Dipper, and therefore the North Star, you will be able to
estimate your direction as long as it’s dark and the sky is clear. If you live
in Erie, generally speaking, named streets run north and south, numbered
streets run east and west, the lake is north and “uphill” is generally south.
There are undoubtedly exceptions, but if you keep the lake on your left, you’re
headed east. If it’s on your right, you’re headed west. That actually does a
better job than using the sun, which angles north and south of east and west
through the year.
That
may not keep you from getting lost. GPSes aren’t without error either, though I’m
sure they’re better than they used to be and I depend on them unless I know how
to get where I’m going. What is even a better guide than any of those? Someone who
knows where we are going and who isn’t as easily distracted as I can be.
If we
have someone beside us who can and will tell us which way to turn in life, we
need not worry about getting lost. We have the antidote to shakiness. And with that
Person at our right hand, we always know where He is.
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