Yesterday's picture was from Saturday evening's hunt. This one is from Sunday. Today is my last day of school, so I'm hoping to have the pictures more current with the actual dates from here on out. As you can see, though, there was no way that I could let this collection of beach blessings go unnoticed! It was a big day for sea glass! Around the perimeter of the pile, from the bottom left and clockwise, there is also a rock with a hole in it (I like those), a honeycomb coral, a pipe organ coral, a horn coral, eight crinoids, and a pottery shard.
Today's Inspirational Guidance from Malachi 3:10
"Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do," says the Lord Almighty, "I will open the windows of Heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Let me prove it to you!"
Even though I found almost 40 pieces of glass, my favorite beach blessing was this absolutely perfect sample of a crinoid. Look closely in the center, and you'll see why I am so excited! Instead of a hole, you'll notice a star, and the round outer edge is wonderfully smooth.
Today's Inspirational Verse found in 1 Timothy 6:17
Tell those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which will soon be gone. But their trust should be in the living God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.
My school year is almost done, just three more days of teaching Title One, and then I'll be free for the summer! Knowing how busy I would be, I photographed my collections from the week-end. This rather large pile is the result of my Saturday morning walk. You can see almost 50 pieces of sea glass, four varying sizes of crinoids, and two rocks that are full of some smaller ones. The fossils between them are a horn coral on the left and a chain coral on the right (Although, the chain is straighter than I usually see, so I could be wrong.). There are two rocks in the pile just because they're pretty!
Today's Inspirational Message (From 2 Peter 3:8-9)
But you must not forget, dear friends, that a day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord isn't really being slow about His promise to return, as some people think. No, He is being patient for your sake. He doesn't want anyone to perish, so He is giving more time for everyone to repent.
It's always fun to find sea glass, heart-shaped rocks, lightning rocks, crinoids and ceramic shards, but every now and then, I'll come across an interesting piece of driftwood. This picture shows two pieces, and the large one has a very definite resemblance to a crocodile's head. With its eyes closed, and its snout facing the left, I'm surprised that I didn't notice it until after I took this picture! Do you see it?
Today's Inspirational Verses have nothing to do with crocodiles, but they make a powerful prayer to pray over your family:
If you make the Lord your refuge,
if you make the Most High your shelter,
no evil will conquer you;
no plague will come near your dwelling.
For He orders His angels
to protect you wherever you go.
Psalm 91:9-11 (NLT)
