A Story of God's Creatures in the Sea

When you think about God's creation beauty, you may think about a sunset, waterfall, or a mountain in the fall of the year. These are the things we see most every day, but take for granted. Today my wife and I were able to spend some time seeing God's creation under the sea. We were fortunate to see a small eel. He began to chase me, when I tried to get his picture. We were only in about two foot of water. I took this picture by sticking the camera into the water and snapping his photo I believe he was a little camera shy.

We at times are a little shy towards allowing God into our life. We allow the outside world to distract us from His desires for us and a better life. But just like this eel seeks to hide into the clef of the coral. We are just like that with God. We can try to hide from God, but as you can see the eel has not been able to hide completely from our sight. God sees all of us even when we are seeking to hide from Him. What is different is that we use sin to hide from God, while the eel is only using the clef of the coral. We must come out from the clef of our sins and allow God to guide us towards real life.

We were also able to see a new fish that we never saw before. He is called a flatfish. He swims on his side and both eyes are on the same side. He looks very odd. At first I thought it was a stingray. I wonder if the other fish view him as an odd fish.

Today, in our culture we hear about kids bullying each other. Making fun of fellow students because of differences of appearances, handicaps, special need students, financially challenged students, etc... You know we treat God like He is the one that is odd. We attack Him for no reason. We make fun of His followers. We laugh at His appearance.

You know God does not care about your outward appearances, nor your brain power. He cares about your soul. However, he will not mistreat you because of your actions towards Him. He instead offers forgivness towards you. If you are reading this and have children I ask that you talk with your children to stop the bullying and mistreatment of those who are different or those who are not apart of a certain crowd. Encourage your children to be leaders by not getting caught up in cliques that seek to oppress others but instead welcomes them with friendship as one of God's children.

Last, I want to show you a picture of one of the prettiest fish that God created. This is the state fish of Hawaii and his name is: Humuhumunukunukuapua'a or just humuhumu: it is a hard name to learn to say and I am sure that he did not pass the fish school SAT's. But his colors are beautiful, bright and eye catching. Just like the humuhumu we too can be eye catching. When we are in tune with God's spirit the colors of His beauty will shine through. Today, let God's spirit shine through and lift the spirits of those around you.