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HAPPY FRIDAY FROM THE BEACH

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Happy Friday, Fam!
Having a wonderful time at the beach as the va-cay winds down.

Started to post pics for you, then thought twice… considering bathing suit photos on the internet might not go over so well next time your churches thought about inviting me to preach. I admit it’s a little silly, and quite the double standard, but it is what it is. No stumbling blocks from me. :=) Anyway, loving every minute.

Each beach is different.
I’ve been so fortunate to experience a wide array.

I’ve seen water as clear as crystal, sand like sugar, waves for days.
West coast, East coast, Caribbean, Pacific – I’ve always felt like, “If I can just get to the water…”
It’s impossible for me to encounter the massiveness of our oceans and not think Psalm 8:1 “Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”

Have you ever read this song interpreted in The Message?

PSALM 8
(The Message)
1 God, brilliant Lord, yours is a household name.
2 Nursing infants gurgle choruses about you;
toddlers shout the songs
That drown out enemy talk,
and silence atheist babble.
3-4 I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous,
your handmade sky-jewelry,
Moon and stars mounted in their settings.
Then I look at my micro-self and wonder,
Why do you bother with us?
Why take a second look our way?
5-8 Yet we’ve so narrowly missed being gods,
bright with Eden’s dawn light.
You put us in charge of your handcrafted world,
repeated to us your Genesis-charge,
Made us lords of sheep and cattle,
even animals out in the wild,
Birds flying and fish swimming,
whales singing in the ocean deeps.
9 God, brilliant Lord,
your name echoes around the world.
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Isn’t that beautiful?
Our God is brilliant and His handiwork, including the ocean, is magnificent.

When I gaze out and see the sky kiss the water, whatever I’m going through falls into perspective. The Creator of the ends of the earth, who keeps these tides rolling in and out perfectly synchronized with the moon, can handle anything I face and more.

When all goes topsy-turvy, I get to the water, because it reminds me of how big our God is.
When all goes great, I get to the water, because it reminds me of how gracious our God is.

My mother loved the beach too. Our family vacations were spent at many a beach. Wonderful memories growing up.

We are now creating similar memories for our next generation.
I hope they’ll too love the ocean.
And more than the ocean, I hope they’ll love One Who created it and the whales that sing in it.

If you can, take some time this weekend and see something majestic:
the ocean, a river, a stream, a lake,
a sunrise, a sunset, a canyon, a trail,
some handmade sky jewelry, the moon, the stars,
your loved ones, you get the picture!

Bowing to the One with the most famous household Name above every name,
Naima

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