Where My Heart Is Drawn

I have always been drawn to the beach and the ocean.  As a child, my family had a beach home and we spent much time there.  I remember getting up early in the mornings before everyone else and riding my bike down to the inlet.  I would sit there, alone, on the rocks and read.  Watching the waves splash up all around my feet was so soothing.

I visited my daughter in Florida last week and the first thing we did, was go to the beach.  It was a hazy day and there weren't many people there.  As I lay on the sand next to her, with my eyes closed, I felt the presence of God all around me.  He was in the waves I could hear crashing to shore.  He was in the soulful cry of the seagulls.  He was in the warm gentle breeze that lightly skimmed my body.  

I said to my daughter, "Honey, God is in this."  She asked what I meant.  I told her to close her eyes and feel and listen.  Everything that we could feel and hear, was untouched by man, exactly as it was created by God to be.  It was powerful, it was palatable.  I took so many pictures of waves and seagulls and piers.  When I got home and uploaded all of the photos, I couldn't bring myself to delete a single one of them...because He was in them.  Each one was a different creation of God that I had captured for all of eternity.

I know my heart will always be drawn to the ocean. It's the place where I have happy childhood memories. It's where I know I'll feel God's presence and it's where I feel the most peace and joy.  Where do you go where you feel God all around you, sacred and untouched?  What special place brings you closer to Him?  Tell me about the place your heart is drawn towards!  

I don't usually do this, but I'm going to post some of my pics for you to enjoy.  I hope you like them.  It's not the same as being there to hear the waves crashing and the seagulls yelling, or to smell the salt air, and feel the warm breeze caress your skin.  But I hope you enjoy them!

From His Lap!