Issue 1775 – Afloat – July 23, 2025
There was no Gleanings yesterday, as Kathy and I took a spontaneous break. We left the house at 6:30 to catch a 9:15 ferry headed to Salt Spring Island, one of the Southern Gulf Islands we had never visited.
It was a quick exploration of parts of the island as we only had five hours before the last ferry of the day returned to the mainland. We saw some beautiful beaches and pinpointed some places for future exploration.
We also had a brief visit with one of Kathy’s cousins and her husband, whom she hadn’t seen in 50 years. It was a great time of catching up.
We sailed on the Salish Heron. It’s a small but relatively new (2022) LNG-powered ferry that can carry 138 vehicles and 600 passengers. At 351 feet long, it has a displacement of 4295 tons.
We don’t think twice about driving onto a ferry, yet when you consider that someone had the ingenuity to make large amounts of concrete and steel float, it’s truly amazing. The designer’s skills are incredible.
The engineer(s) who built the Salish undoubtedly have many years of engineering training and the experience of countless generations of sailors to draw on. They had a plethora of materials to work with.
How much more so are the skills and power of God, who created entire galaxies and all the life therein? He had no raw materials and created everything ex nihilo (out of nothing).
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:1-4
That’s nothing new to us if you have been a Christian for any length of time. Even many non-believers know we believe God created from nothing.
Yet, how often do we stop and think about the implications?
God has incredible power, more than we can comprehend. As the Creator of all things, He is the sovereign, all-powerful, all-knowing ruler. He has the right to(and the ability) to do whatever He wants with all of it.
He chooses to redeem rebellious sinners at the cost of Jesus’ life. What marvelous love. It’s love on a scale I cannot even begin to fathom.
Look around. See the wonders of what He has done and praise hIm for His love and mercy.
Hallelu Yah
Be blessed,
Kevin
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