“The heavens
declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” (Psalm
19:1).
When I was living
down here before, the ocean was my focus of attention. Everyday I would watch the waves, sometimes
high white caps and sometimes gentle and almost invisible. This year it has been the sky that has
captured my attention. It is simply
stunning. It is dynamic in the morning
when the night clouds are broken through by the sun’s rays. Then in the evening the moon and stars make
their appearance in various phases and shapes.
Then there are the storm clouds that appear at will, anytime, moving
quickly with purpose, to bring the rain or the snow to keep the vegetation on
land well watered.
It is the movement
and the expansiveness of both the ocean and the sky that moves me to ponder
them. The energy so prevalent in both
pulsates in my soul and takes me out of the physical boundaries of my
body. My body is old and weighed down by
aches and pains, and limitations. But my
soul is free to ride the waves of the ocean, or soar on the wind currents in
the sky. It is the expansiveness of God
that surrounds and envelopes me. I feel
freed from the pettiness of my mind and the painfulness of my body. The expansiveness is immeasurable and
unteathered; it is holy and it is sacred; and when I sit in its Presence,
immersed in its energy, I know that it is God who surrounds me and connects me
to eternity.
