La Jolla Cove
I realize that I am not the first person to ever get close to and take photos of seals. These, however…are my seals. This was my personal La Jolla experience, and I want to share.
The world was never meant to be about concrete jungles that destroy and overtake the natural majesty of God’s creation. Were were to live among and derive pleasure – as well as reasonable resource from the beauty and wonders he created.
How in the world, a moderately intelligent person could look around the earth…watch the ocean’s waves- packed full of marine life, crash in and roll out. Watch the many birds dive and feed from the oceans, or wiggly worms in the green grass. How could you watch seals laying cheek to cheek with their friends and family, with a baby tucked under their fin…and really not realize that there is a God who created it all? And truly, how on earth could a person see the smile and love of a dog, who lives for their “person,” and ever think a beautiful connection such as that, could be a fluke?
As I stood on the rocks, watching some of the sea lions sleep in La Jolla Cove…I noticed two sleeping cheek to cheek. And, as I wondered about the depths of their relationship (like…was he her “baby daddy” or just friends, relatives, etc…) the one on the right sleepily lifted its fin to feel around next to itself.He tapped and gently felt and looked comforted by the presence of the napping soul next to it… all as if to check and make sure he was still there.
Could beings who love, really be a totally accidental freak of nature? Everything works perfectly together to keep the world turning and nature can be so beautiful. Hummingbirds are a favorite of mine. Each one is a tiny work of art. Actually, one who thinks this massive machine is a Godless accident has to be absolutely crazy. Out of touch. Blind.
The little sea gulls that came to my balcony door every morning, in hopes of barking (yes, barking) for snacks of any kind… would eat Cheetos right from my hand. (Envision Cheetos dust all over their beaks.) As one might keep waiting for me to decide if he should have another Cheetos…he head would cock, and he would stare as if trying desperately to understand, “Who exactly is this weird Cheetos lady, on the balcony in her nightgown and pin curls…with a fat girl bag of these yummy orange things?” The point is, there was some level of intelligence there. We see it all the time in dogs and cats. How could intelligence not be by grand design? Actually, it would be impossible.
These are the thoughts running through my mind as we visited the La Jolla Cove last week. We were there last year, at the same time, but this time… we enjoyed nature even more.
La Jolla is a beautiful place to relax, think, recharge your soul and connect. So my seal and ocean photos are not prize winning…but I tried to capture the hearts of the precious little animals, and majesty the ocean side area commands as the sun continues to rise and set in perfect tandem with all below it.
I’m pretty easy going, but one demand I make on my husband (who is a harder worker bee than I) is that I will grind and work hard…but give a girl a break every once in a while. I don’t care what is going on financially, job wise or whatever…I need some kind of vacation from the grind. Getting to relax and just breathe was incredibly uplifting.
These photos were taken by a person who is a firm believer in Father God, his son Christ and the beautiful Grand Design of this country and our world. Feeding little creatures, and getting up close and personal was a tremendous experience.
-SDS
Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.” God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. ,God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”…
