Wednesday, August 8, 2007

notes on summer

Every morning it gets later and later......the time that I awake. This is the surest sign my body is relaxing. All of the problems are still raging, but somehow here where we are there is nothing you can do but relax.

The heat wave that has overtaken the country is hovering over us as well. I have already gotten more sun than I wanted even under the umbrella and with heavy sunscreen.
The sun is behind a veil of haze, but that doesn't stop it's intensity.

The "dog days of summer" have arrived. Those sultry, heavy days telling us that the end of the oppressive heat is near.....when we first begin to long for a crisp cool day. "The dogs" will sleep happily under the shade of the porch for a little longer but soon they will be able to run and play again.

Andrea, the tropical depression that paid a lasting visit here in June, has created a deep gully down the middle of the beach that fills up with water at high tide. It is a good place to float around and cool off when the sun's warmth overtakes you.

As I sit and watch the ocean I am awed by God's power. That massive body of water that could flood the earth stops right where the God of the universe tells it to stop and we sit in front of it and believe His promise.

Proverbs 8:29 "When He set for the sea its boundary, so that the water should not transgress His command."

Do we think about God's power enough? Are we awed by Him? Can just looking at the ocean bring on waves of praise?

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