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Friday, August 24, 2012

AWESTRUCK REVERENCE Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ



Have you ever seen something in this world and suddenly find yourself awestruck because what you're actually seeing is God in the creation? That's what happened when I saw this new video I've posted of the world's 2nd largest indoor aquarium. As any blogger who visits and looks around this blog will know, I have an affinity for fish and water scenes. This video epitomizes all of that. However, it's really about how awestruck I was when I saw this. At first, I just sat and gazed at it, but then when the biggest whale shark glides gently onto the screen from the left side, I just burst into tears and could only say, "my God my God"....not in a way to take His name in vain, but in saying to Him, "oh hear me my God, for I am in awe of You." My heart felt pure reverence and awe at what He has created, from the smallest to the largest of living things. Even the capacity that humans have to contain such things is awesome in it's own right. I only post videos that strike me to my core or speak for me in some way. As we see, there are only two. Jefferson Bethke speaks for me fully in saying that Jesus is greater than religion, and now this video of God's ability to create such beauty that I can't find the words to describe it. It  makes me ponder God! I hope you'll also want to sit quietly and watch this video. Don't watch from the outside in, but from the inside out. Watch the large rays glide by like underwater birds. Watch the tiniest of schooling fish suddenly dart past with great bursts of speed. Even the bubbles from the air tanks of the divers is awesome the way it glistens to the surface. Perhaps it's just my personality that makes this so awesome, or perhaps it's because I can see my God.

Video is found on the right sidebar of the page. 

14 comments:

  1. Kelline, I can certainly appreciate this video. I have a 30 gallong fresh water fish tank. I love how the man in the video is waving his arms in order to get the fishes attention. Thank you for sharing God's awesome creations. Blessings.

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    1. Am officially jealous, JBR, LOL. I had a tank years ago but when I had to move to another town, it had to be sold and I never replaced it. May be that's why I love things like this. I see God so much in this but it was in the wee hours of the morning and I was trying to get this thing up and posted about. Just a magical way of seeing God in motion. I do wish there were more plant life in this tank, however. Blessings to you!

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  2. AND HE did it ALL for us. The video is truly amazing Kelline, i'm glad you shared. And the music along with it, is a perfect intermingling.

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    1. You know me, sis, I won't post it unless it's powerful to me. I have to see God in it. On my social page I post funny and relevant but here, it's all about the Lord and when I see Him in the world and creation. At night, I like to turn off the lights and click the widescreen option and just sit quietly and contemplate God while I watch the fish gently swim by. I would love to find this without the people in it and closer to the glass, but I'll take this for now.

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  3. Hi Kelline,
    yes they are lovely aren't they. I tried to google the size of the aquarium, but I couldn't find info on how big it is.

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    1. I have no idea how big except that it's the 2nd largest in the world. I wish there was more plant life in the tank..that's a little disheartening, but I've noticed that the Japanese people have a bad habit of keeping their animals in the kind of captivity that's more like concrete and bars rather than sanctuary-like. I've seen this in a great deal of Japanese zoos. Creating an environment that's suitable for the animals and as close to their indigenous environment as possible isn't something they do very well. I just want to go over there and talk to the Prime Minister about his country's zoo ethics. Okay, that's a little part of who I am spilling over. I have a real heart for the proper treatment of animals in captivity. While it's important for our understanding for them to be in captivity, it's also paramount to their quality of living that they have a habitat they thrive in and not just one that sustains their lives.

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  4. I feel the same about creatures too, I hate seeing birds that are designed to fly for miles in tiny cages, and spiders in glass boxes, and when I saw these beautiful huge sea creatures in an aquarium I thought about how some of them travel thousands of miles in their natural span of the seasons. Can we imagine if we had to be confined to a house for the rest of our lives, even if it were the size of Buckingham palace? I have always felt for animals, birds and even insects this way.

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  5. Hey, Kelline It's so wonderful to know somebody noticed I was gone for a bit, was helping out with some back to school things for the youth group at the church my brother attends. They'e having a back to school event today and I was helping out this week packaging some things for the little kids and high school kids it was fun.

    Reading this post reminded me of when you said how we have some things in common. I am similar when it comes to being in awe of God's greatness. Last month I was at the beach with a few of my friends and although I can't swim I went into the water, not to far, but far enough that I could have fun. As I turned around and looked at the vast ocean stretched out as far as the eye can see I said out loud, "Isn't God amazing, look at this!" and they laughed, their not Christians, one said "There you go again, I know it was only a matter of time before the bible banging begun". Moment's like that make me question why am I friends with them, I guess hoping they'll change.
    It made me sad, made me feel bad for them for a sec, how could they not see what I saw. Too often people here take for granted the beauty that's around us. Living on an island we ride pass the ocean everyday and think nothing of it, yet people come here on vacation and go nuts. My favorite place to go an think is at the beach, the smell and sound of the ocean just everything makes me think of God's greatness.

    I think I'm kind of like a child when I get awestruck about the things I see. God is so amazing. I get amazed by the simplest things. The other day a bird was on my friends scooter in front of our house, just sitting there. I don't know what was wrong with it I went and sat next to it, was talking to it like i was out of my mind. I know my neighbors might have seen me but I didn't care this was the closest I had ever been to a bird that didn't run away and I touched it and was just blown away, I examined it all over and was like God is amazing!

    This video reminds me of when I read genesis when God filled the ocean with living creatures. Imagine what it would be like to see this up close, those fish in there are incredible. It's amazing how God made all of His creations so different and amazing and cool. I love that when I see these thing's my heart think's of God, He deserves all the glory. We have aquariums over here, a whole lot with sharks and all kinds of other sea life but this aquarium is awesome! I could really go on forever about the moments when I became awestruck because of God and His glory, but I think I already said a ton. Awesome post. :-)

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    1. Hi Sateigdra,

      I definitely noticed your absence and now you can see why. Because you're so in love with God that I relate to you well. I see these things as you do. Here's my nature story:

      I used to hang hummingbird feeders out on the lip of the porch rail and in full view of where I sit on the love-seat in the living room. That way, I could sit there while studying and see the hummingbirds come to the feeders. It's always been a dream of mine to have a hummingbird friend. I would never capture one as they are the epitome of freedom but God still heard that little prayer and the Bible says "He delights in giving us the desires of our heart." Well, one day I saw one land on the little footholds but he didn't leave. He stayed for so long that I started thinking he's sick. Then another one came and started attacking him (they will fight for territorial food rights). The other one was actually pulling at the feathers on the top of the sitting one's head. While it was hilarious, it was also cruel, and I just hated the little "mean one". Well, eventually the "mean one" pulled and pulled until the "sitting one" was upside down. Basically, he was dying and gripping the foothold so hard that he wasn't able to be pulled from it. That's one of God's little mysteries, for I have no answers to that one. Anyway, after so long of watching him suffer at the "mean one's" hands, I finally went out and attempted an extraction..LOL. I did, I pried his tiny feet from the holder and brought him inside. I just sat and marveled at the structure and design of this tiny bird, while lovingly petting and talking to him until he passed away in my hands. I'm so sad while talking about it and yet, so blessed that God let me have that moment with that precious tiny soul. He didn't struggle, he just sat and gently slipped away.

      It's moments like that when I know God is there and listens to our hearts whisper prayers and love to Him. I'm so in awe of everything He does and is. I see you are too and in that, I relate to you....like us sisters do! I'm super glad that you're back as I've been to your blog daily waiting to see a new post and checking for a reply to my last comment about that blasted captcha...LOL. I hope you're more encouraged to comment since you'll not have to deal with it anymore. Another commenter told me it's unnecessary to enable it as Google automatically filters spam, but I'm not sure yet. We'll see.

      Anyway, I'll talk to you soon and looking forward to your next post. I'm waiting for inspiration for my next one. He used that Westboro cult-like church to inspire my most recent post and I'm looking forward to His next message to the world through us.

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  6. P.S Look at how the fish are just moving about no strife just going about their business, and there are different kinds in that tank. If only people were like that.

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    1. I know right? The only thing missing from that tank is sea life, greenery and places for them to get hidden and feel safe. I was telling another commenter that the Japanese have a terrible habit of keeping their captive animals on display in conditions less than natural for them. If you look up any Japanese Zoo or aquarium, you'll see the animals are on concrete and bars and there's nothing that really makes their quality of living worthwhile. While I love that tank and I had to post it here for the peaceful motion and the good music that accompanies it, it also saddens me that they don't know Jesus in Japan (mostly they're buddists and other religions) and therefore, they don't understand life as well as they should. Animals should be given the environment that's closest to their natural surroundings.

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  7. I haven't posted anything on here in a while because i have been on facebook posting things there, although I have come to realize most persons on there are more interested in looking at pics and things like that. There are people on there i want to get messages to that don't come on here, but most don't read at all if it isn't about their favorite reality show or something their not interested.

    I usually only write when I'm inspired by something, or I feel kind of like a fraud like I'm just trying to keep my blog going by all means, posting the first random thing that comes to my mind, that's what i use to do when i first started the blog several years ago. I removed pretty much all the posts from then because they didn't seem genuine and i was writing about things I really didn't have a full understanding of. I'm so glad that on here there are people interested in the truth, I'm glad to have found others who love God as well. And that story about the hummingbird is sad. I sit and watch the birds in the trees out on the patio and when i remember the little friend i had, makes me wonder what happened to him, it started to rain so I moved him that day under a tree so he could not get wet, I went inside and looked outside several times to see if he was there and he was but the final time i looked out I couldn't see him, i went outside and he was gone. I don't know if he flew away or what but I still think of him hoepfully he's ok, if i saw anything die i don't know how i would react.

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    1. I've never used facebook. I use Google plus instead which is just like facebook in a lot of respects and plus it's linked to my blogger because it's all one account. (you have one too) The difference is that people on G+ post information that's relevant and we learn from one another. Of course there are foolish ones that try to pass off porn or nudity, but Google provides options to flag and/or report them. It's a melting pot of people and you can use a thing called a hash tag to find Christians and connect. Anyway, it's another option for reaching the world and it's already connected since you have a blog through blogger.

      I know exactly what you mean about blogging when inspired. My blog has evolved from only breaking down the Bible to just getting real about life. I used to think my blog was supposed to be all about religion and then I got over that and the Lord led me to realize that it's the religion that people push away. He led me to being transparent me. We're each led differently, of course. Obviously He's led you away from mindless posting and into the realm of quality over quantity. You write very well and I see your obedience to Him. I love to see what you write because it's real. I no longer enjoy reading someone else write the Bible out. I have a Bible to read. I'd rather read a person's Christian heart in their writings.

      I didn't know the bird was dead for a few long minutes. I thought he was sleeping because when I got him off of the feeder and sat and held him, he was sitting up in my hand with his eyes closed. Then, I noticed that the little twitching he was doing stopped. I felt okay about it because I knew where he had gone :)

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  8. I have about 5 christian friends on facebook out of the many others. I might just check out google plus and find some true believers I can't take the wishy washy set it annoys me, don't know what your going to get out of them one minute their on the same page next minute it's like the light bulb went off and everything you say to them is an argument. And there are more kids on fb that's one of the reason I post a lot on there trying to reach them, they may not comment but I know some do read hopefully it takes root in some of them.

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