Summer Thoughts

Playa las de Cucharas Lanzarote by Paul Collings

I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. Genesis 22:17

Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd kept coming to him, and he kept teaching them. Mark 2:13

One morning an elderly man was walking on a nearly deserted beach. He came upon a boy surrounded by thousands and thousands of starfish. As eagerly as he could, the youngster was picking them up and throwing them back into the ocean as quickly as he could.

Puzzled, the old man looked at the young boy and asked, "Little boy, what are you doing?"

The youth responded without looking up, "I'm trying to save these starfish, sir."
The old man chuckled aloud, and queried, "Son, there must be thousands of starfish and only one of you. What difference can you make?"

Holding a starfish in his hand, the boy turned to the man and, gently tossing the starfish into the water, said, "It will make a difference to that one!"

Joyful God, we thank you for our Summer Thoughts journey together. We thank for for the sun in the sky, the cool sea water, and the sand.  We thank you for our family, our friends and tthose we have met upon the way. Through this time of refreshment help us to see how we can make a difference in our world.  We ask that you bless us as we journey on with you and we praise you for this beautiful Creation that you have entrusted to us. Amen