Nice picture! But, for me, it is the wrong angle. I would like to be on that beach, looking at the waves roll in. How serene and peaceful it would be to just listen to those waves. However, I would miss the turtles underneath the waves. Humm, I wonder if God were walking on that beach- what would he see? Of course, the answer would be EVERYTHING! Then, I thought of this passage from the book of first Samuel…
1 Samuel 16 ( World English Bible )
4 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
5 He said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.”
7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Neither has Yahweh chosen this one.”
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Neither has Yahweh chosen this one.”
10 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen these.”
11 Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
12 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.”
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
We look at the world through our limited senses, but God has a perspective that we can only dream of; he knows the thoughts and intents of the human heart and acts accordingly. Which brings a question to mind: Today, how would you rate your own heart and if it is not quite right; what are you going to do about it? Good question, just think about it – I will!
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