27.6.11

Plenty of Fish in the Sea




There really are "plenty of fish in the sea". At least trillions. We know of at least 25,000 different species with more being discovered all the time.
When I think about it, it boggles my mind.
I have sat at the ocean shore looking out at the vastness of it and was made peaceful inside by the motion of the waves, always coming. Now there is something you can count on!  If someone had not told me what was inside of those waves, underneath the surface for miles upon miles, I would never know. I would not venture out very far without becoming overwhelmed and heading back to the safety of the shore. But I do know at least some of what is out there, because people have ventured out seemingly unafraid to explore and they have shared their knowledge with us all. But as they venture out they just keep discovering more and more, seemingly with no end in sight. Will there come a day when we know we have discovered it all?
While standing on the beach looking out at the ocean, not in my wildest dreams could I have conjured up in my imagination anything close to what is actually out there. Could I have even come up with a simple fish? I don't know, it may have ended up looking like a dog or a bird, something I know already. And that is what is so terribly amazing to me. God came up with all of His creatures with a blank slate. Us included. How can I for one moment feel I have any importance at all? In the vastness of all the creatures and plants and microscopic things  here on just one little planet, what am I??? Does it matter? The ONLY thing that tells me I do matter is that my Creator Himself made Himself become one of us and lived and died to show me (and all people) that we matter- A LOT. (John 3:16) And, He imagined the rest of creation for us to tend to. There is endless fascination here, yet we create things to keep us busy. How odd.

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