the beach

The beach is pretty much the best place in the world (in my opinion of course, you are entitled to your own as long as it isn't pathetic and stupid...or wrong). I love the feeling of the sand between my toes, and the cool salt water lapping agianst my feet. Its even a wonderful feeling to stand alone on the shore, gaze out into the vast blue/green ocean and realize that i am a teeny tiny speck on the enormous globe that is my home planet. Also, realizing that creatures so much more interesting than me exist, such as dolphins and crabs.
I learned the past year that if you go walking on the beach after the sun goes down, it is better if you cant see the hundreds of scurrying little crustaceans that may or may not be adventurous and attempt to take a bite out of you. This is one of the instances when ignorance keeps you from sheer panic if you have an irrational fear of anything with more than four legs.
The beach is a place where you can escape and feel free, insignificant, and amazing all at once. Everytime I visit the beach I am reminded that I am not important,except that I am important to God. I am insignificant, unless God choses to make me matter. I love to just sit and listen to the ocean which I imagine is crying out with all its crashing might, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty!" just as all creation is doing incessantly and will continue to do as long as it exists. Just as we should do with all the might within our small, insignificant beings.
Sometimes I just stand on the empty beach at night, close my eyes, and listen as the waves beat against the shore and the wind storms against me and I imagine that each wave is praising God with each time it crashes on the shore. There is an amazing song by Philips, Craig and Dean called "Revelation Song" these are the lyrics:

Worthy is the,
Lamb who was slain
Holy, Holy, is He
Sing a new song, to Him who sits on
Heaven's Mercy Seat


Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And I will adore You…!
Yeah!

Clothed in rainbows, of living color
Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder
Blessing and honor, strength and
Glory and power be
To You the Only Wise King,
Yeah


Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come, yeah
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And – I - will - adore You!
Yeah!

Filled with wonder,
Awestruck wonder
At the mention of Your Name
Jesus, Your Name is Power
Breath, and Living Water
Such a marvelous mystery
Yeah...


Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come, yeah
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And – I - will - adore You!

Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty
Who was, and is, and is to come,
With all creation I sing:
Praise to the King of Kings!
You are my everything,
And – I - will - adore YOU…


Come up lift up His Name
To the King of Kings…
We will adore YOU Lord…
King of heaven and earth
King Jesus, King Jesus
Aleluya, aleluya, aleluya!
Majesty, awestruck Honor
And Power and Strength and Dominion
To You Lord,
To the King, to King
To the King of Glory

This is one of my favorite worship songs, because it simply proclaims the glory, holiness, and greatness of God. Galatians 6:14 says "May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world" and this entire song boasts of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the greatest power ever to create or exist.