Running on the Beach <3

As promised, here is the journal/blog written on vacation, during which time I was without Internet...

Waves are incredible. They have both beauty in their colour and mist and power in their size and current, that can sweep you off your feet in an instant. Waves can also erase. This week as I ran along the beach in Ocean City, I was reminded of the footprints poem that sits on my desk at home. I would run along the shoreline leaving a trail behind me, only to have a wave come and wash the evidence of my existence away. I had to rely on the buildings erected further back along the beach to get myself back to my starting point. A land mark closer to the water could be swept away in the blink of an eye. I am like those landmarks, those footprints, I change with the tide. I can be swept away in the depth of my emotions, running so deep that i feel like I can't keep my head above water. But my Father, He is the tallest, strongest building along that beach and if I set my eyes on Him, and follow His path I will find my way home. Maybe not on the path I thought I would take, and I might catch a wave or two along the way that spins me or crashes against me, leaving scrapes and bruises; maybe even scars. But when I have finally reached my finish line, and I fall down face first into the sand, He will see those scars and still call me beautiful. He will gather me in His arms and whisper in my ear, "Welcome home".