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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Beach (07/04/05)
At midnight, I plan to go to the beach to see the red tide fluoresce and luminate my footsteps in the sand. They say it’s a marvel that such tiny marine flora can cause ocean water to glow. I want to see it. I need a marvel today. I’d like to see something out of the ordinary for once---a reminder that life will ebb and flow like a moon-pulled tide, but always in the unique and glorious presence of God who has counted the sands, who knows the flora, and who knows that I yearn for a little first grade boy to be healed of cancer.

Tonight, I’ll be able to peek inside the swell of breaking surf and see the inside of a sea wall---my private Red Sea---and maybe I, too, will glimpse the miraculous when all of nature stops so that God can perform a miracle and make something beautifully unexpected happen, all for the glory of His name.

He likes this. I know He does. Why else would he light up the ocean or have Jesus build a campfire to fry fish on the beach in Galilee? Why else would he gather a whole nation to walk through a Sea World exhibit in the midst of running for their lives? God loves joy in an almighty way as much as He constructs a universe that lives by His rule.

Though tides flow relentlessly, God is watchful and calls me to a place where I will experience His forgiveness more vividly than ocean flora. I will press my toes in the sand, press hard for myself and a little boy, and the Lord will wash over my imprint with a tender grandeur and I will be forgiven and we will be healed on the beach at red tide.
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Amy Brown
07/11/05
Moving telling from the heart. Perfectly worded. Thank you for sharing.
Linda Watson Owen
07/13/05
So beautifully written!
Pat Guy
07/14/05
Good job of taking us to this place of wonder and healing!
Nina Phillips
07/15/05
Although short--very good writing and reading. I was fascinated in thoughts.
God bless ya, littlelight
Shari Armstrong 
07/15/05
Very well written -I enjoyed the "Sea World" exhibit :)
Beth Muehlhausen
07/15/05
The midnight visit tended to lend a sense of mystery here. I could feel your wide-eyed expectancy as you waited for a miracle.
Shirley Thomas
07/17/05
I love your story. I am so grateful for God's forgiveness and His Red Sea of Blood that paid the price for us. Thanks for sharing.
Maxx .
07/18/05
a little piece that packed quite a punch. Very nice. Keep up your work, you are a gift!