I love “Stuff Christians Like.” I have it on audio book and
it’s my favorite thing to run to. As I was walking along the beach the other day,
I thought about this
story, from the Stuff Christians Like blog. Basically (in case you don’t
feel like reading it, which I think is a mistake because it’s pretty funny…),
the author talks about how you go to some place that is beautiful and expect to
have a “God sighting.” Ladies and gentlemen, sometimes that doesn’t happen.
Sometimes when you expect to see God in something extraordinary, He shows up in
the everyday.
There’s two sides to this, in terms of my week at the beach.
In the “everyday,” I feel like God has really showed up in terms of allowing me
a distraction-free week to spend time with my family and Andrew. It’s been
great to enjoy their company and spend hours upon hours walking on the beach or
sitting on the porch. I don’t get to spend much time with them, so I have
considered this to be a huge blessing.
Family Dolphin Watching!
Photo Credit: Andrew Mills!
On the other hand, I got to see God’s handiwork in something
that I consider to be pretty extraordinary (despite its daily occurrence on
Seabrook Island). I got to witness dolphins “strand-feeding” multiple times
this week. According to the research I’ve done, this occurs for 100 miles of
coast near South Carolina and Georgia and in Mexico and Portugal occasionally.
It’s a learned behavior where a group of four (or so) dolphins corral fish onto
the shore, then beach themselves to eat the fish. It was fascinating, and if
you want to see a pretty low quality video, I’ll post it below. My future in
cinematography is fading quickly. However, if you want to see something sweet,
look at the second video. It’s a tiny dolphin jumping. Like I said, God’s
creation is awesome.
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