So yesterday I enjoyed a really nice walk along the Clearwater Beach in Florida. It was absolutely mesmerizing, I think I walked for a few hours with my family. And I started to think about how Jesus used to walk by the sea. That’s when his disciples would often find him at the most peculiar moments (i.e.: after he was dead – wait, look there’s Jesus walking on the beach cooking up some fish (John 21:9)! Or when the disciples were busy fishing, or should I say trying to fish with no success when voila, Jesus is there walking on the beach and tells them to throw their nets to the other side (John 21:6). Or when Jesus was teaching some large crowds that gathered near the beach to hear him before he sailed to the other side (Mark 4:1/Luke 5:1)….)
I wondered if God knew that people would enjoy walking along the beach so much when he created it. Maybe that’s a dumb question since it’s God we’re talking about…but at the same time, Jesus was able to fully experience our reality of a beach walk in his incarnation in this world as a fully human being. And I’d like to believe that’s when he was fully able to appreciate the beauty of this world as we see it.
“Earth’s crammed with heaven…
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
One Green Grace 