No matter how much time I spend at the ocean, I am constantly amazed at it’s vastness, it’s endless appearance, the reflection of the sun on the tops of the waves, just all of it. It terrifies me and exhilirates me all at the same time.

This week, we had a morning that the tide came in way further than usual and the waves were the tallest I’d ever seen. The tide chart said they were over 6 and 7 feet tall and it was clearly true as we watched them for over an hour break taller than us and crash down with such power. It was a mesmerizing and beautiful thing to watch. I was reminded once again of it’s power and kept thinking how God’s love is so much more so than even the ocean at which we were looking.

Today, as I was (cough cough) taking a nap, I kept having this dream of writing about the ocean, which I don’t normally do, and various words of this poem kept coming to me during the dream. Sounds crazy but it’s true. When I woke up, I grabbed a pencil and started writing and crossing out and writing some more…. and this was the end result. My words above are not perfect, they never are, but I hope the meaning comes across. May all of these things be yours.