in the details

I open my computer, and this image greets me. I can't quite get enough of it.

It makes me remember... sandy feet and sunrises, the rolling ocean and still tide pools, an overwhelming gift and the way He can break us and somehow leave us more beautiful in the process.

Beyond the memories though, I marvel at the detailed pattern He crafted on this gift from the sea.  I am sure I always pictured sand dollars a smooth white circle with a flower and those deep oval piercings... but now I see.

I see... and know... another facet of how He loves me.  I see the care He takes in putting us together, bit by beautiful bit. All shapes and sizes...