The mighty oceans thunder your praise. You are mightier than all the breakers pounding on the seashores of the world. Psalm 93:3,4
I don’t remember seeing that verse before. Unusual I missed it. Since childhood, I have had a fixation with the surf.
College days in Seattle, I would go down to the Puget Sound and watch the waves, almost by the hour. They weren’t big but watching them was therapeutic. Seemed to wash my stress away.
Here in Hawaii, when I’m feeling low, I find myself at the lighthouse near Diamond Head, watching the sets come in. Or at Sandy Beach near the Blow Hole, listening to the waves crash on the shore. Sandy Beach has what’s called a shore-break. The waves don’t break far out. The ocean bottom slopes up fast and they break right on the shore. The sound is thunderous!
I’m not sure what kind of surf the Psalmist was listening to but no way could it compare to what we have in Hawaii. Yet he stood in amazement as the oceans thundered the praises of God.
Yep, I love the sound of crashing waves, but I have to agree with the Psalmist:
You (O God) are mightier than all the breakers, pounding on the seashores of the world!
Thank you, for what a wonderful God you are!
