The ocean in Capetown is breathtakingly beautiful.
Through it, God said to me
I made you more beautiful than all of this. I spent time on this beautiful creation and love it, but nothing compares to how beautiful I made you. I love you so much more. You think the ocean, the mountains, the nature, and the animals are beautiful and amazing, but I see that when I look at you. I have handcrafted each one of you as my princes and princesses and as my sons and daughters. Why don't you see that?
"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork." Psalm 19:1
"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb." Psalm 139:13
God then said to me
The earth obeys better than you do.
"He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight. The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them. You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth. You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills; they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches. From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work. You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate…" Psalm 104: 5-14
"You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them." Psalm 89:9
Everything on earth creation-wise obeys better than I do as His child. The mountains rise up, the ocean has limits, the grass grows, etc. I should be able to obey better than water but I don't. I should be able to obey better than any part of creation, but sadly I still have so much to learn.
