A Wildly Wonderful World

^24-30 What a wildly wonderful world, God!
    You made it all, with Wisdom at your side,
    made earth overflow with your wonderful creations.
Oh, look—the deep, wide sea,
    brimming with fish past counting,
    sardines and sharks and salmon.
Ships plow those waters,
    and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them.
All the creatures look expectantly to you
    to give them their meals on time.
You come, and they gather around;
    you open your hand and they eat from it.
If you turned your back,
    they’d die in a minute—
Take back your Spirit and they die,
    revert to original mud;
Send out your Spirit and they spring to life—
    the whole countryside in bloom and blossom.

Psalm 104 The Message

Well after more than a month of absence from my Groundling blog I am going to resume. It's strange how buying a house, Holy Week and Easter, saying goodbye to a beloved congregation, moving, and starting over can cramp one's writing style.

I wanted to share the sheer joy of a video in which a family delights in a pod of seventeen to twenty orcas, or killer whales, who essentially surf in the wake behind their boat. Even though the footage is just a couple of minutes long it serves as a glorious reminder that humans are not the only creatures which can be playful and enjoy the pleasure of life. http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/05/01/video_surfing_killer_whales_stun_divers_in_mexico.html

Anyone who has seen a puppy or kitten cavort around knows this to be true. At our friend's farm I have watched calves in what looked a lot like a game of tag.

We are all creatures of the Creator and we should celebrate this rather than deny it.

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