After they reached land, they finally knew where they were, an island called Melita.  After being tossed about in the storms of life from following our own way instead of God, once we turn to Him, we will be placed firmly on the ground of His will.  Then, we will finally know where we are.  They were on land, but had nothing.  They could have landed on an island where people looked only to themselves with no concern for others at best or hatred for them at worst.  Fortunately, the people were friendly, even if they were called barbarous.  Matthew Henry said they received a better reception than he feared they would have by many so called Christians, who would have looked for what they could have gotten from the group.  He further states that if God places someone within the borders of our habitation, especially someone in destress, we are to show them hospitality.  Too often, we as Christians look at others with fear or hatred instead of compassion.  We are afraid they are going to either misuse what we give them or try to take what is ours.  We are afraid they will prove unworthy of our help.  God did not put us in the judgment business, but in the restoration business.  Too often, we leave the restoration up to the Samaritans, the non Christians, of the world, because we don't want to be bothered by those who may be unworthy of our help.  When we begin to question the worth of people, remember that Christ died for us, and we can never be worthy.  Sometimes, it seems that compassion has gone out of Christianity today.  There seems to be the attitude that God has blessed us because we are special people and He wants us to keep everything He blesses us with for our own good, and we should despise those who might try to take anything from us.  We need to remember that God blesses us so that we can bless others.