Told you so, part 2

Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listenedto me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. Yet now I urge you to take heart,for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. (Acts27:21-22)

Paul tells the crew of the ship that he was right and theywere wrong, but he doesn't stop there. He encourages them that there is still away out of the problem.

Yes, we can tell someone, “I told you so” when it goes badfor them after ignoring our advice. But if we want to be good ambassadors for Christ,we will do it only to show that there is still hope. This is especially truewhen our advice is about spiritual things, Kingdom living things, that havebeen ignored. We point them back to the Bible and let them know that there isalways opportunity for repentance and restoration.

Help me, Lord, to be an encourager even when my counselisn't heeded and be able to help steer a course back to you.

Copyright by Ray Ruppert