The ocean amazes me, and when I say amazes I mean AMAZES. The first time I saw it this summer I seriously stood at its shore for a good half hour in pure awe saying, “God you are amazing…whoa.” Just think, when I looked across I was looking at another continent… technically. That’s nuts! This huge creation pulled me like a magnet. I stepped foot in it almost everyday this summer, ran barefoot along its beach, almost died in it multiple times (disregard this Mom), saw animals big and small…brought home a couple (RIP Jeff the hermit crab), and took home enough shells to fill a bucket. Yet, the thing…

Look around you…………………………… Amazing huh? Just think of the intricate simplicity of the world around you.  My heart can do nothing but leap with joy and wonder and awe when I truly take a look around. It’s living, breathing, miraculous! The tree outside my window — this magnificent and tall, living, growing piece of wood that came from the tiniest little seed that somehow grew from the dark underground! Enduring seasons and time. And then it’s leaves –pick one off and look at it, now take a good close look… can you see the stem branching out into veins, the vibrant color it has, the individual cells each containing nuclei…