The Spirit of God Moved Over The Surface Of The Waters

While Daniel and I were in Trinity for three days, we went on another boat tour called the Sea of Whale Adventures.

The first thing Daniel spotted while waiting for the tour to start was actually not a whale, but an orange tabby.

On the tour, we saw a minke and four humpbacks.

The pictures taken are of the humpbacks which are now migrating to tropical waters. They travel approximately 1,000 miles per month, feeding in polar waters.

Humpbacks have a life expectancy of 45 to 50 years and their dorsal (top fin) is curved (pictured in the first two.)

Watching these great sea creatures, I sat amazed at God's handiwork. I found the ocean waters to be wondrous and at the same time mysterious.

"God created the great sea monsters

and every living creature that moves

with which the waters swarm after their kind"

Genesis 1:21a (NASB)

I couldn't help but wonder what God was thinking and feeling when His Spirit moved over the surface of the waters before the time of creation when the waters that covered the earth were so dark and void.

"The earth was formless and void,

and darkness was over the surface of the deep,

and the Spirit of God was moving

over the surface of the waters."

Genesis 1:2 (NASB)