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Vern Treat tells about a scuba diver who said that
when you're in deep water, you're encircled by light,
so there's no way you can tell which way is up
because the water diffuses the light. You're also
totally weightless, so you have no sense of gravity.

Surrounded in an aura of light and weightlessness,
it's very easy to lose all sense of direction and get
disoriented. You may sense that this way is up and
that your air bubbles are going sideways. You may
be so convinced that your perception is true that you
decide to ignore your bubbles and go the way you
think is up. I wouldn't be surprised if some divers
have drowned because of this. One of the first things
we were told when learning to scuba-dive was to
always trust your bubbles -- to always follow your
bubbles. No matter how you feel, no matter what
you think, your bubbles are always right.

Life can be like that at times too. If we base the rules
of life on our feelings and/or perception, we can be
very easily led astray. The philosophy, "If it feels good
it must be right," is a dangerous guide to follow
because our feelings can play all sorts of tricks on
us. If something is wrong, it is wrong regardless of
how we feel. True, it's important that we don't deny or
repress our feelings as we can learn to trust them --
but what we can't always trust is our interpretation
of them.

The only safe guide to follow when it comes to the
rules of life is to trust God and his Word, the Bible.
Therein lie the "bubbles of life" to follow. These
"bubbles" are always right. Always!

PRAYER
Lord, teach us to be humble as we go to You in prayer. Teach us to truly communicate with You so that we can understand our mission and do our best to fulfill Your will.

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