With the fan twirling above me, my shoes kicked off my feet, and my hair pulled back from my face, I think I am finally ready to type a new post. Yes, it's been a while since my last entry, and the extreme summer heat is just one of the reasons. I won't go into the others; each of them would only editorialize everything that most people are tired of hearing about. These posts would have nothing to do with blessings from the beach, and they'd be far too lengthy, so let's take a look at today's photo instead. I call it, "Beach History". It's amazing what you can find on the beaches of South Haven! True, most of it came from regions north of us, but isn't it incredible how fossils, millions of years old, ended their journey here at my feet? Huh!
In today's shot, I've scattered the glass and fossilized crinoids throughout, but the rest of the fossils are pretty much around the edges, starting with the Petoskey stones in the upper right corner. Going clockwise, you'll see two honeycomb corals, then a horn coral peeking out of the corner. The longer piece in the lower left corner appears to be one single strand of pipe organ coral (I should have gotten the whole thing in the picture, sorry!). On top is a fossil containing several crinoids, and next to that is the first piece of blue chert that I have ever found! It is microcrystalline quartz, and its blue color tells us it is from the area of Leland, Michigan, over 200 miles away!
Inspiration for Today's World from Proverbs 16:7 (NLT)
When the ways of people please the Lord, he makes even their enemies live at peace with them.
Here is another week's worth of South Haven beach blessings, minus three days for high waves. Nevertheless, I did find a fair amount of beautifully smoothed sea glass! As usual, you'll see other treasures along the perimeter of the glass beginning with a pure white quartz in the nine o'clock position. Going clockwise, there are three Petoskey stones, crinoids and rocks containing them, three great samples of unakite, a mystery piece that may be dried foam from cement, two pipe organ corals, a ceramic shard, and a small honeycomb coral piece. If you tilt your head to the right, the big brown fossil on top looks like the crinoids are spelling, "Jo". Fun stuff!
This Week's Hope found in Psalm 118:13 (NRSV)
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.
