Inspired by a bay...

On our way to the condo we passed an inlet where the water was smooth and calm. Looking out towards the ocean, I saw that beyond the opening to the bay, the waves were turbulent. The contrast was marked.

Seeing such a contrast reminded me of Steve's sermon that morning. We'd stopped to visit friends on our way down, they Pastor a church in Vancouver. Steve was teaching on the disciplines of silence and solitude. Thinking about that bay this morning gave me a visual picture of what he had been describing. The effects of time spent alone with God in solitude or in silence is like that bay – peaceful. Quiet. Smooth. Restful. Even though life may be happening just beyond, where you are, there is only His presence and His peace.


Enjoy some time in the bay...