Once I had the opportunity to see two great blue whales partly submerged, and then one of them breached, off the coast of California. My sister and brother-in-law had arranged a whale viewing boat trip for this very purpose, and just before the captain was about to turn back to the dock in disappointment, he received a message that the whales were quite near, and on the surface, and so we made it to the site, and it was indeed a sight!

The great blue whale is said to be the largest animal that has ever lived on earth. To my surprise these two seemed docile and even gentle at the distance from which we watched them. I couldn’t help thinking that they knew why we had arrived there, and they were not displeased. They rolled over and dove and resurfaced, it seemed just so that we could see them better. It was interesting to note that out of the water their skin looked simply gray, but viewed through the water, they were very blue.

The experience was awesome to me and I was conscious that I had seen creatures with whom I shared planet earth that I had only imagined before. How much more there must be that is still unknown to me.

In the book of Proverbs, Wisdom expresses her love for creation: When there were no watery depths, I (Wisdom) was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water; before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth, before He made the world or its fields or any of the dust of the earth, I was there when He set the heavens in place, when He marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, when He established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, when He gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep His command,. . . then I (Wisdom) was constantly at His side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in His presence, rejoicing in His whole world and delighting in mankind. ( Proverbs 8:24-30)

The Great Blue whale is indeed a phenomenon; it is frequently referred to as the “gentle giant” of the sea. It lives on ingesting millions of tiny krill every day, and is observed to be gentle and friendly toward human beings. It’s heart is as big as a Volkswagen. Viewing the whales, I couldn’t help thinking of creation. The Creator of thisphenomenon is mine, as well. : “Through Him (Jesus) all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.” ( John 1:3&4)

The whales showed me that there is more light than I had ever imagined.

Love in Him,

Prue