Inspiration from Petra Pierre - Robertson

Let each esteem the other better than themselves (Philippians 2:3) Crab Holes I credit Irwin for the enlightening discourse which generated this blog. As we engaged in our morning exercise on the beach, I said to him, "the sea is just generating muses for my blogs. Do you have a muse to share?" I was rewarded with a grin as he responded "Crab Holes". My interest instantly peaked. Crab holes. I had seen the holes, wondered about them fleetingly and forgotten about them because of my fixation on the terrifying beauty of the ocean. Our discourse served as fodder for the following narrative. Meanwhile, amidst the vicious wind, raging sea and pouring rain, three crabholes were visible on ground. The crabs were together in their little holes covered safe and sound. Crab Holes Allow me to juxtapose this image of crabs in a hole safe and snug in the midst of a tempest, with the image of crabs in a barrel crawling on one another to get out. Video of Crabs in a Barrel The

For now we see through a glass, darkly... (1 Corinthians12:12 )  The sea raged The sea was rough. It was loud. The waves were roaring and soaring as they charged furiously into the shore, raking the sand like an excavator.  Yet It was beautiful To look at From a distance  Video of ferocious sea Have you ever had the shocking realization that things you thought were beautiful were not really that beautiful?   They caused you pain They were not good to be near They revealed darker sides the closer they came They consumed you in their clutches and destroyed you Some things were just better admired from a distance Admire from a distance Unfortunately, in the face of consuming beauty and treasured expectations, signs are sometimes ignored or overlooked. You hear the sound, you feel the blast, you taste the salt, you feel the ground being pulled from under your feet yet you remain thinking, I am secure where I am, I am only admiring it.   Dear reader, please note that all it takes is one con

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you..." Isaiah 43:3 Video of Rough Sea We were warned. There was a yellow alert. The sea  was rough, angry, loud and raging. It whipped, uprooted, and took everything in its path including trees, and pillars It took trees and pillars! The waves crashed into the shore, depositing, eroding, and dragging resisting prey back into its depths before spitting some of them out on the sand; and the process was timelessly repeated. It spat out wood, shoes, shells, stone, glass and various other debris. It spat out various debris As I examined the deposits on the sand, it struck me that what it damaged was not destroyed, what it  destroyed was not anhilated, and what it anhilated was not forgotten.The things it appeared to damage, destroy or anhilate left beauty in the wake of the tough experiences encountered.   Dead mollusks left beautiful shells.  Eroded shells revealed intricate beautiful insides.  There was 'beauty in their brokenness