Finding Your Way

I had a very interesting experience yesterday. I had a friend who took me to an island called Yellow Island. It is a place on the other side of the bay from Qingdao. We got to take a bus through a tunnel under the sea. They built a tunnel beneath the sea and the sea bed. It was a pretty neat tunnel.

He wanted to show me Goldensand Beach. He said it was a beautiful beach with soft, golden sand. Not many people like to travel that far, so it is usually not crowded. It was definitely not crowded when we went because of the fog.

It was very interesting and eerie. We could hear the waves coming up on the beach, but we could not see the water from the boardwalk. We walked towards where we knew the ocean was. As we got closer, we could hear the water more loudly. Finally we got to the point where we could see the ocean. It was very cold. 

My friend had a speech he was going to give on the next Tuesday in a English speech contest. He wanted some ideas and pointers, so we talked about his speech as we walked. His speech was about ALS. He was going to mention the Ice Bucket Challenge, so he had me do my own version with the ocean. Stepping into the sea was like stepping into ice water. It was pretty funny and pretty cold, as you can see.

After this fun, we walked along the beach, so he could show me the how big the beach was.

We got into more fog and realized we could only see about 30 feet in front of us. It was even more eerie. Here is the video I took of it.

As I was walking through the fog, I thought about our life sometimes here on earth. Sometimes we are in a fog and can't see to find our way out; whether it's through our own weaknesses, sins or choices or because of someone else's choices. We know that there is a way to be rescued, but we cannot see to find the way. Our world is dark, lonesome, eerie and cold. 

We try walking in many directions or try to listen for help. Sometimes there is nothing that we can do and we have to rely on help. As with this fog on the beach, we kept walking in the direction we knew would take us to the edge of the beach. We could not see anything and we could only hear a few people around. Finally, the fog cleared enough for us to see where we wanted to go.

When we are in a fog in our life, we may not be able to see the direction we should go, but we can listen and hear for the still, small voice of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost will guide us through the fog until we can see again. If we keep walking toward the Lord, we cannot get truly lost and we will be finally found.

I am grateful for this eye-opening experience!