The Ocean...

I spent the first couple days this week on the road. Myself and a few guys from FBC Pflugerville left Monday to head down to South Padre Island for a youth camp preview trip. We are doing camp together at a condo on the beach this summer and we went down to scope it out. One interesting thing that we found out (because we let Stan drive!) is that when you get to Corpus Christi, and you take the exit that says Padre Island, you go to Padre Island and Port Aransas. And there is nothing that connects Padre Island and South Padre Island. Contrary to geographical logic, South Padre Island is not just the "south" end of Padre Island. It is a whole nother island...three hours away! Anyway, after our detour we made it safe and sound, had some great seafood, and got to check out the place for camp. I took a couple pics, as you can tell, and they're not really the ocean, but the Gulf of Mexico, but the principle is the same. I couldn't help but look out at the vastness of the water and watch the waves come crashing in on Tuesday morning and not think of Chris Tomlin's song "Indescribable." If you've never heard it, it is a song that declares the greatness and bigness of God. And while we try to use words to wrap our minds around who God is and how powerful and great and awesome (and whatever other word we throw in here...) He is, in the end God is indescribable and any of our earthly attempts to do so simply fall short. Tomlin puts it this way:

from the highest of heights to the depths of the sea
creation's revealing your majesty
from the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring
every creature unique in the song that it sings
all exclaiming

indescribable, uncontainable,
you placed the stars in the sky and you know them by name.
you are amazing god
all powerful, untameable,
awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
you are amazing god

who has told every lightning bolt where it should go
or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
none can fathom

indescribable, uncontainable,
you placed the stars in the sky and you know them by name
you are amazing god
all powerful, untameable,
awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
you are amazing god
you are amazing god