This is my Father’s world, And to my listening ears,
All nature sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres.
This is my Father’s world,  I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas-
His hand the wonders wrought.

Shanda and Kathy              June 16, 2006

The ocean displays the glory of God: 
“Fear ye not me?  saith the Lord:  will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree,
that it cannot pass it:
and though the waves thereof toss themselves,
yet can they not prevail;
though they roar,
yet can they not pass over it?”                          Jeremiah 5:22

Davy and Emmy

“Can I take a picture of your shells, Caitlyn?”

Suddenly, the words “to the oceans white with foam”, from the song “God Bless America”, became clear to David.  And he sang them with gusto.  I asked David if he liked going to the ocean and he said, “Yeah. . .  . . . .I want to go there again sometime.”

I noticed this elderly lady standing and looking out over the ocean.  She stood there for so long, I wondered what she was thinking about.  She even ventured out into the waves for a few minutes, then turned around and slowly made her way back to her friend.  The sandy hill was too steep for her to walk up. . . . .she had to walk down the beach a little to find a way.  Part of me was sad watching her, but part of me thought—what a woman!  I hope I’m as brave and interested in God’s creation when I’m her age. . . . . . .

Jacob

For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
over and around us lies:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.

“What in the world IS this stuff?”  ~Caleb

Ethan

Could we with ink the ocean fill,
and were the skies of parchment made;
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
and every man on earth a scribe by trade;
TO WRITE THE LOVE OF GOD ABOVE
WOULD DRAIN THE OCEAN DRY;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Tho’ stretched from sky to sky.

Lilly

“What manner of man (Jesus Christ) is this, that even the WIND AND THE SEA OBEY HIM?”      Mark 4:41