Favorite Foto Friday (#2)

There was a captain of a ship that was sailing on a dark, pitch-black night. The captain suddenly noticed a bright light directly in front of him, and he knew that his ship was on a collision course with the light.

He rushed to the radio and sent an urgent message demanding the vessel change its course ten degrees east.

A few seconds later, he received a message in return. The message said, "Cannot do it. Change your course ten degrees west."

The captain got angry. He sent another message, "I am a navy captain. I demand you change your course."

He received a message back :" I will not change my course. You change your course."

The captain was now furious ! He sent his final message " I am a battleship and I am not changing my course !"

He got this message back " I am a lighthouse. It's your choice, sir."

This picture is from when my friend Amy and I went to Spain in the summer of 2004. We rented a car one day and drove to the coast and came upon this lighthouse. Everytime I see a lighthouse, I remember this story that I heard in church camp as a teenager. I didn't quite get the story for a while... how it related to God. But as I grew up, I started understand God as the steady and firmly placed guide that I must orient my course around. It will never be vice versa. When I choose not to do so, the only option is to crash.