Life has a way of humbling you. It can be difficult at times and cause you to lose heart. But God has a way of using our experiences to move us forward and remind us of where we are going.
I have spent the last three weeks enjoying the presence of my daughter who has been visiting. While she was here I experienced a refreshing, joyful time with her filled with laughter and some once-in-a-lifetime experiences. We went horseback riding, visited with new friends, shopping and best of all kayaking; where God provided us with the gift of meeting one of his amazing creations. We were blessed to come upon a pod of dolphins while out on the water and it was truly awesome! They swam around us and under us, they popped up out of the water and were face to face with us, they allowed us to touch them and watch them interact with each other. It was truly amazing! As we were being entertained and awe struck by these marvelous creatures, I could not help but say out loud that God is Awesome! Not only did he create these beautiful, intelligent dolphin, but he gave us the desire of our hearts (most especially my daughter's heart desire) to interact with them. The look of wonder on her face was incomparable! There truly is, as Scripture reminds us, no excuse for not believing in such an awesome God--the proof is all around us! I was so humbled by the experience and so blessed at the same time.
The funny thing about being blessed in such a way as this, was that all I could think of was how much I wished my oldest son could have been there with us. I literally ached to be able to have shared this with him. Later that night, as I fell into bed exhausted, I was thanking the Lord for such an awesome gift and He gently reminded me that though this was an exceptional day, the most awesome gift He gave me was His grace. He began to reveal to me that all of His blessings flow from His gift of grace to us. I was humbled once again.
Who would have thought that a simple prayer to see a dolphin while we were kayaking could have moved the God of the Universe to send His Word to command His Creation to come, right where we were, at just the right time to bring us such an incredible blessing? To show each of us how much He loves us, and how great His grace and mercy and power are. Unfathomable: yet made simple, so we could receive it.
As we finished up our kayaking trip and the last dolphin swam away, some other people kayaking were finishing up as well. I asked if they enjoyed the dolphin as much as we had (they were there for the last few minutes of our blessing!) and one of the women said, " its amazing that evolution had allowed them to breathe out of a hole on their head." I could not help but speak that "the only amazing thing was the intricate design of the Creator of everything--God Himself and to Him ALONE be all the Glory!"
No Way would anything or anyone else ever get the credit for this! GOD ALONE. Amen!
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