I’ve done some running this week at the beach on the Gulf Coast. And as you know, the oil spill has affected the entire region.
The interesting thing is where I am, looking at the sand and the water and the waves and all the people, you can’t see it. On the first morning I did my beach run, I came back and looked down and realized that my feet were caked with sand. When I looked at my feet they were brown and black and had that faint oil smell to it.
It’s amazing. It couldn’t see it, couldn’t smell it, but it was there, and it stained my feet. Each time,it took about an hour and a half to get it off.
I thought about how easy it is sometimes; the things that come into our lives and our relationships that we can’t see or smell, that shouldn’t be there; things that are corrosive over time. Not something that’s overt, big, and flashy, but something allowed to stay will ultimately destroy us.
What are the things that are going on right now in your life that you can’t see, but are there and need to be dealt with?
Hey, David… Love the spiritual analogy, but wanted to know on what beach you were running? It’s inevitable that more beach will be affected, but at this point anyway, the “entire Gulf coast” doesn’t have their beaches spoiled. The biggest effect our area has seen is the economic hit to tourism because everyone believes all the beaches are spoiled already.
Sorry for the delay. I was on the beach at Gulf Shore and Organge Beach.