July 6, 2007

Some interesting observations.

Tomorrow’s date is 07/07/07
There’ll be a baptism in Sonoma around 7 PM. (We should do it seven minutes after)
It’s possible to get sunburned in the fog. At least my face sure feels red.
It’s also possible to double schedule.

When we got on the water at Drake’s Estero this morning the wind had already picked up. The clouds hung low over the bay. It didn’t take long to spot our first bat ray. Swimming just under the surface, the two tips of it’s fins would break the water. We followed.

There were gulls, terns, pelicans, egrets and herons. We passed hundreds of sea lions. For two hours we braced the wind and successfully landed our kayaks at the mouth of the bay.

Coming back was a breeze. For much of the way we just steered and let the wind do the work for us. So quiet, so peaceful. I don’t know how easy our lives are supposed to be. I do know that sometimes the wind is in our face and sometimes it’s to our back. Whether going is easy or a challenge really isn’t the point. It’s all about whether or not we’re going in our chosen direction – and about choosing what would please God.

“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires you to fear him, to live according to his will, to love and worship him with all your heart and soul, and to obey the LORD’s commands and laws that I am giving you today for your own good. The highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the LORD your God. Yet the LORD chose your ancestors as the objects of his love. And he chose you, their descendants, above every other nation, as is evident today.“ Deuteronomy 10:12-15

Rejoicing in hope,
Pastor Steve