Waves of Gratitude

This is a statue of Jesus Christ on the banks of the shipping channel at the end of South Padre Island. I was reminded of this picture tonight when I watched the newscast showing the surf at the Island as a result of Hurricane Ike. The video was taken off shore looking back at the shore with supposedly hundreds of surfers taking advantage of the huge waves breaking. The statue was shown in the background as waves pounded the jetty and splashed high in the air.

As much as I like excitement, I am sure grateful that Ike decided to take a hike up North! South Padre Island would be hard-pressed to handle another hurricane right after Dolly less than two months ago. Our home, at 75 miles inland from the Island was spared any damage from Dolly and did not even suffer power outages although other parts of our town, less than two miles away, were without power for days! Grateful, yes!

Gratitude can wash over you with a sense of peace and well-being. Almost like waves washing the shoreline of our lives. Sometimes that gratitude becomes huge waves that hit the shoreline with a huge splash and the spray flies up in the air, kissing whatever it touches. Or perhaps drenching whatever it touches.

Yes, we will see a lot of videos over the next few days, showing the huge waves crashing on the seawall of Galveston Island. Let us pray for those that are there or those that are ready to clean up afterwards, may they be safe and sound. Let us pray with thankfulness and gratitude if we are not there and we don't have to be there. Experience the waves of gratitude washing over you today!