Just as the tides ebb and flow, our lives have fluidity. God is with us! We will never know the future, however, He holds the future in His hands.

One of my favorite songs as a child was, “He’s got the whole world in his hands”! With child-like wonder, I would watch the ocean waves come in to shore and recede, searching for shells I would look at the grains of sand on a beach.

“God, your plans are incomprehensible to me! Their total number is countless! If I tried to count them—they outnumber grains of sand! If I came to the very end—I’d still be with you.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭139‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭CEB‬‬

Or on a mountain hike, I would listen to the wind blowing through the Aspen trees and smell the crisp evergreens. I would watch my favorite bird of all; the majestic bald eagle fly effortlessly. And I would ponder that God has the whole world in his hands.

God sees the potential in us even when we don’t. He sees our detours from the plans, and yet He calls to us, perhaps in the whisper of wind. He believes in our future, He wants our destiny to show the purpose for our creation.

This photograph was taken by one of my children, and I thought it represented well, the scripture that identifies the grains of sand. My heart feels the amazing love of our father God.!

We can have moments we feel like a toddler who just placed our feet in the sand, uncertain as our toes flex and feel the warm sun baked top layer and the find coolness beneath as we wiggle our toes. We really do have the promises of God to finish the work he starts in us.

Take one step at a time as your foot leaves an imprint the sand or the path where you are walking.