Don’t get there often enough these days, but those of you who know me best know of my long-standing love affair with the coast of North Carolina. There’s just something about the ocean that puts everything into proper perspective for me.
Sand is wonderful--when its cool, glistening softness squishes between your toes; where kids build sand castles, search for sea shells, and bury each other in mounds of more sand; where it's just "THE" place to be on whatever shoreline coast where you live! But sometimes it gets HOT...sometimes it gets in your eyes...sometimes it gets mixed up with the suntan oil you've just put on your face...and sometimes it grits and grinds everywhere it's not supposed to grit and grind--and it's not fun!
Isn't life like that? Little bits of irritation that clog up the wheels of our fast-paced living, our people-blended families and our stress-driven work worlds. That's the time to look up for I know a SON in whose face we can look directly; we can bathe in His love; we can know His peace.....for HIS Sonshine still shines, His presence is STILL there, even on the hot sands of our lives. He's there watching, loving, helping...and we're going to make it--for HE's all we really need--even in the sand!
And as I gaze upon the shore, I am aware of the absolute control God has over the ocean waves….one moment they come crashing down on the shore….and the next they recede back into the depths of the ocean.
And I think of Pastor Sam’s favorite quote:
"Morning, noon, or even at night---God’s in control--- EVERYTHING’S gonna be all right!"
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