Meditating on this phenomenon of the tides, I realized that the ebb tides symbolize the coming and going of things. Like the tides, nothing is constant, except change. We all experience this ebb and flow - the rhythm of the ups and downs in life, and the tug and pull of the ins and outs of life. New things, people and events are forever coming into our world and then often leave or fade away. At the very least, they evolve in subtle ways by changing their essence, their character or importance. They also change us, for in their comings and goings they leave us with an altered sense of who, or where we are.
Ebb tides, is the receding tides, the times when the water pulls back from the shore and exposes what lies beneath, are like those moments when in life's happenings, or our own inner awareness, pulls us into our depths, exposing the core of our being. The ebb tide is symbolic of the times of recession, the times when layers are peeled away and expose what has been hidden. Life's ebb tides cause us to face our dark, unknown or forgotten recesses.
Isn't it strange how a 20 dollar bill
seems like such a large amount when
you donate it to church, but such a
small amount when you go shopping ?
Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so
long when you're at church, and how
short they seem when you're watching
a good movie ?
Isn't it strange that you can't find a word
to say when you're praying, but you have
no trouble thinking what to talk about with
a friend ?
Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is
to read one chapter of the Bible, but how
easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular
novel ?
Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-
row-tickets to concerts or games, but they
do whatever is possible to sit at the last row
in Church ?
Isn't it strange how we need to know about
an event for Church 2-3 weeks before the
day so we can include it in our agenda, but we
can adjust it for other events in the last minute ?
Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a
fact about God to share it with others, but how
easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat
gossip ?
Isn't it strange how we believe everything that
magazines and newspapers say, but we
question the words in the Bible ?
Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in
heaven, but they don't want to believe, do, or
say anything to get there ?
Isn't it strange how we send jokes in e-mails
and they are forwarded right away, but when we
are going to send messages about God, we think
about it twice before we share it with others ?
EBB TIDE : [ Webster ] The return of the tide towards the sea ; a time of decline. to recede as the tide does ; to fall or flow back ; to weaken.
~ ~ ~ IT'S STRANGE ISN'T IT ? ~ ~ ~
HOW HUMANS TRY TO EMULATE THE TIDE ! ! !
INSTEAD OF GOD OUR CREATOR, WHO CREATED MAN AND THE TIDE !
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