Ordinary Days #19: The Watery Part of the World.

 Yonder is the sea, great and wide,

   creeping things innumerable are there,

   living things both small and great.

Even Leviathan that You formed

   to frolic about in it. (Psalm 104:25-26)

The SoCal Heath family invited us to join them last week on the Island of Hawaii. We landed late, too dark to see Hawaii, but you could feel her. Something about the air and the smells that stirred us so much, that we took the roof off our Jeep to take it all in.

Our top down Jeep ride was all fun and games until we ran into a bit of a rain storm along Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway on our way to some vague destination on ‘Anaeho’omalu Bay. Somehow, in the darkness, we arrived; and, made our way to our third floor condo. When we awoke in the morning, we realized we had landed in a special place with the sea always in view—mesmerizing. There are those cool breezes and flowery aromas; but most of all, it is “the sea great and wide” that draws us to these “watery parts of the world” (Moby Dick).

We were eager, first thing, even before breakfast, to make our way down from the lanai and get into those Hawaiian waters to view “the innumerable creeping things both large and small;” and, like Leviathan, “rollick about in the waters.” All the more blessed when done with our children and our children’s children. They are even more beautiful than the Islands.