He's a lot like the O C E A N

I couldn't seem to get out of this funk I found myself in... I felt restless and needed some time away from reality. So naturally, I drove to the beach.

When I drove up near the coast and heard the waves I immediately pulled into the first public access I could find. I parked my car, grabbed my towel, and darted for the white sand.

I arrived right as the sun was going down and got some quality time to read in peace before dusk.

Colors started to shine out of the painted clouds above the blue-green salty water and I sprinted back to my car to drop off my things. Jesus and I were about to have some serious time together walking on the beach into the sunset.

I began my journey on the soft sand and began to pray.

All I heard were waves crashing upon the shore and rushing water over my toes. P E A C E

I walked and walked and walked and walked some more until finally the colors were so magnificent in the sky I wanted to cry. Before I knew it, the rainbow clouds turned into a black sky full of radiant s t a r s  glowing above the water.

I realized something: He's a lot like the ocean.

As I looked to my left and saw only water for miles upon miles, I saw Him in the endless sea. He is so vast and deep... we can never fully understand all that He is or all the mystery that He contains. But He is beautiful... So, so beautiful.

He just calls me to walk the shore alongside Him.

The waves never stop crashing upon the shore. They are always singing... He is always speaking. With every wave, He shares a little more of who He is.

Sometimes they just reach my toes. Sometimes they come up to my knees. And sometimes they even splash me in the face.

And the best part is that He will ALWAYS bring me back to Himself... The waves are, without question, every time,  pulled back into the ocean.

As I walk with Him next to me, He will never leave or stop being who He is. I just need to keep walking... Trusting that He will continue to splash me with His love as I walk towards the Son.