KathrynZJ is in the groove for an upcoming retreat with other RevGalBlogPals. She writes:

In honor of BE Three I thought I’d offer up a Friday Five of lifesavers. I’m going on our cruise (are you?) because I am excited about meeting up with my blogging buddies again, I am interested in the speaker and because when I went on the first one my life was saved (okay, that may be a little over-dramatized but if you saw me getting on the boat and then the difference when getting off the boat you would know of what I speak).

I don’t expect – or need – another life saving moment but I want to support the conference.

Of course lifesavers can come in all sizes and with far less drama. I would readily admit that I have considered a person (children’s sermon substitute), the location of a bathroom, and a beverage (the last diet coke in the back of the fridge – score!) all to be lifesavers at one point or another.

And so today I ask you – dramatic or fairly common – what have been/are your lifesavers:

(If it helps, try the phrase ‘life giving’ instead.)

A fall evening, after graduating from college, when I had to answer the question for myself: “Who do you say that I am?” (Mark 8). It began a journey, twisted and convoluted as it is, to the pastorate. I’m sure my college drinking buddies didn’t see it coming. I didn’t either.

BONUS: Music to live by: “Step by Step” performed by Michael W. Smith and written by Rich Mullins.