The ocean is a great teacher in how to cooperate with truth. Watch the surf: each wave gathers, as if by its own strength, yet it has been lifted into being by the power of the deep. It rises, crests, and crashes, pouring itself out until there is nothing left to give. Then, without resistance, it is drawn back into the depths to begin again.
Isn’t this the rhythm of truth in our own lives? We imagine we are self-made, yet every breath is sustained by a deeper Source. We rise with energy, we give ourselves fully, and eventually we thin, we tire, we let go. The temptation is to resist this cycle—to cling to control, to avoid surrender. But the ocean whispers that resilience is born in release, that truth is found not in grasping but in returning.
Water itself, the very element that sustains us, can be a wonderful teacher of this rhythm. It shows us the strength of living in the truth: to flow, to rise, to fall, and to return, always sustained by the deep.
Lord of the waters, teach us to trust this rhythm. Lift us when it is time to rise, steady us when we crest, receive us when we fall, and draw us back into Your depths when we have given all. Let the ocean’s song remind us that surrender is not defeat, but the secret of resilience, and that living in Your truth is the strength that carries us home.
Smitten With Goodness 