The sea hath no king but God alone.
~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
My soul is full of longing for the secrets of the sea,
and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.
~Robert Henri
The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.
– Vladimir Nabokov
Waves come and go; they crest high and then they crash onto the shore. Yet I never grow tired of watching them, listening to their roar drown out my worrisome thoughts. Waves help me hear God’s voice; in fact, I believe that God’s voice sounds a lot like the waves. “…and His voice was like the sound of rushing waters.” (Revelation 1:15b) Pretty awesome. Have a blessed weekend, Lisa
For all of you who’ve been looking…
“The sea is his, for he made it.” – Psalm 95:5
“Stronger than the mighty waves, are You Lord…” – You Are Lord, Lisa Lyons, Only By Grace, c 1995
Beauty, the beauty that is all around us if we look, is usually in layers. The obvious, the subtle, and the hidden. I always get excited when my busy self slows down long enough to discover the subtle and occasionally, God’s hidden gems.
Reencaheragh Strand, Ireland
In this picture, the obvious beauties are the cliffs, rocks and sky. The subtle are the far hills, the green fields. The hidden are the tiny tide pools in between all the rocks that we explored, the way the sun makes diamonds on the water, the unexpected fishing boat that appeared later that day around the cliff. But everyone sees it differently, and even that is a treasure. 🙂 Praying for God to truly open my eyes today to the beauty of all kinds today. And praying that for you as well. Blessings, Lisa
Somewhere, this beach, these chairs are waiting…
Waiting for work-weary bodies to sink down into them
Waiting for the island breezes to blow
Waiting for the surf to tickle their legs and wash away the weight
Waiting, peacefully with no worries
Have a blessed weekend. Slainte, Lisa
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