At the beach last week, I felt like I could hear audible sobs as we walked on the beach. I looked out at the waves, and I almost cried myself. It was heart-wrenching to be there and know what is going on in waters not terribly far away. It killed me to think about it.
I know they are saying they’ll get it fixed, and I know they’re working on it. I know there are plans for cleanup….but I couldn’t help but wonder last week when the next time would be that we’d feel comfortable bringing our family on a vacation like that. The pessimist in me fears the worst. I’m just so scared and heartbroken.
If it upsets us this much, how anguished must the Creator of the beaches be? How He must weep for the waters that He gathered together and called “seas.” How He must despair for the animals He placed in those waters, and the birds of the air over them. How His heart must ache over the mess that man – created from His image – has allowed to happen.
I think of that, and I just ask one question: What have we done?
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters… And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.
And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Then God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." (Genesis 1:1-2, 9-10, 20-21, 27-28)
Lord, forgive us. Show us how to fix this. Show us what to do, and motivate us to do whatever it takes. Amen.
(All pictures are from coastal North Carolina, June 2010.)
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i get so upset when i think about this. i live on the Gulf and though it hasn't hit our beaches (YET!) it still brings me to tears. i can barely stand what is going on and how long it is taking to fix things.
PRAY PRAY PRAY!
These pictures and your words say what so many people are thinking. I hope that there will be enough people acting on their thoughts to help with the clean-up. There's a picture on the front page of today's paper that breaks my heart...that of a sea tern covered in oil.
So eloquently said. Amen.
Beautiful photos, and well said. Hope they can get everything cleaned up soon
The contrasts in that second picture are SPECTACULAR!!!
I've TOTALLY forgotten how to play with shutter speed and aperature! You're going to have to reteach me when I come down.
YAY!!! I'm coming down!!!
Amen to your last two lines
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