“Why is the ocean so addicting?” She asked me as we watched earth’s yellow orb fall behind an abstract masterpiece of purple, orange and crimson. A moment and it was gone.

The salty air filled my lungs. My blood sprinted through my veins. I felt like I could stand on that rocky shore forever.

“Because it’s so much like God,” I replied with reverence.

Each time my sole touches sand, my mind revels in heavenly truth.

A marvelous contradiction is He.

Once I swam within Him and He crashed into me with such force I walked out bleeding.

I recall a verse in Luke.

“The one who falls on the cornerstone will be broken.”

I was broken.

Simultaneously, I was healed.

The salt stung sanitation into every abrasion.

Still there was peace, knowing I would be whole again.

God is much like the ocean only grander.

I hadn’t seen Him in a while.

I forgot how renewing it felt.

A dangerous safe haven.

Thank you, Lord, for a briny breath of you.