Beautiful If They Are Few

Posted on May 9, 2013 by lyonsroarforgod

“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

We found this perfect, beautiful shell on an Anguilla beach on our honeymoon twenty-five years ago. It had washed up from the clear blue sea and rested underneath a coconut tree. Although we felt bad to remove it from its idyllic home, we knew that it would bring back so many wonderful memories for years to come if we brought it back to our home. Carefully wrapping and cushioning it in our suitcase, we treated it as a precious treasure, and the shell made it home, where it remains to this day. When I hold it up to my ear, I still hear the blue seas within it, and I remember. Love, beginnings, beauty, laughter.

Have a blessed day, and if you’re by the sea, enjoy the beautiful seashells that God has made. Another gift. Slainte, Lisa

Fishing for Diamonds

Posted on April 25, 2013 by lyonsroarforgod

When I was a little girl and when the sun hit the water just right, I thought there were diamonds out there in the surf. And if I just could get there quick enough and catch one, it would stay glittery and beautiful in my hand. But alas, those diamonds seemed to be of the stuff of leprechaun gold and fairy dust, and I was never quite fast enough to fish one out. I sure had fun trying, though. 🙂 If you’re by the sea today, catch a diamond for me, and if you’re not, imagine yourself picking up one triumphantly in your hand for all to see. It will make you smile and that’s a good thing. Slainte, Lisa

*Photo provided courtesy of D.W. Nygaard*

A Church with Sand on the Floor

Posted on April 10, 2013 by lyonsroarforgod

I don’t know about you, but this is about perfect. A beautiful white wooden church with sand on the floor, blue ocean right outside its windows, sea breezes blowing through…the best of God’s air conditioning. Let’s go…OK? 🙂 Slainte, Lisa

The view just a few steps away…

Boats on the Blue

Posted on April 2, 2013 by lyonsroarforgod

I love boats, and water, and boats, and water. Hmmm…I see a recurrent theme there. 🙂 Just put me on a boat, big or small and let me move along on some water, big or small, and I’m a pretty happy girl. Sun beating down on your face, sea spray blowing on your face, the gentle or not so gentle loll of the wake against the boat…ahh. One of my very favorite and first memories of boating was with my uncle and cousin when I was young. They had a motor boat on the Potomac and would take our family out in the summer for a picnic on the shore. After dropping off the food and older relatives on the beach, my cousin would take us back out on the water, rev up the motor, and we would fly. He’d hit boat wakes on purpose, and we’d scream happily. Great memories. 🙂 Here are some of our favorite pictures we’ve taken of boats. And if you are on the water today, enjoy every minute! Slainte, Lisa