Waters

You call me out upon the waters
The great unknown where feet may fail
And there I find You in the mystery
In oceans deep my faith will stand
- Hillsong

Pulling each other across the water on boogie boards, attempting to skim board and catch fish with our bare hands, playing with geckos and starfish, and chilling in the beach kick started our day today. It was a fun time, but even more so, the beach today just reminded me of the realities of life.

First of all, the sea, like life, we can't see everything going on, but rather only what's in front of us. On one side of the beach the sea was full of waves and lots of rocks, seaweed, and whatever else was in there. It wasn't that pleasant to say the least. I was always stepping on stuff out of nowhere and the waves really did throw people around quite a bit for a non-surfing beach. Waves always come in our lives that can throw us around. There are always random bumps here and there that come unexpected. As we walked across the beach to another part we also saw a bunch of things that just shouldn't be on a public beach. To me, that reminded me of the purging that needs to be done in our lives. After that, we got to the cleanest beach area I've ever been to. I could see the sand at the bottom of the sea as clearly as you could see the bottom of any pool. The waters were calm, and it was just relaxing and peaceful being there. That just reminded me of God's peace. He will always bring me through the storms of life, into the shadows under His wings.

The rest of the day was pretty cool as some of the students from training camp came to visit. We also had the chance to do some campus outreach today which went really well. We even got some connections with the school's Christian group.

Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
- Psalm 46:10