You need to look carefully, but there is indeed a whale in this picture taken today off the beautiful Middleton Beach.I have waxed elsewhere on the meaning of whales to us. I am often thrilled as people stand and watch them frolic. It is exciting to watch all sorts of people climb the Bluff at Encounter Bay, to try and glimpse a whale.
What overwhelms me is the PEACE of it all. We stand and we gawp, we talk to total strangers, we climb hills and cliffs and just stand and marvel.
In a world filled with terror and hopelessness it is a sign. The sign of Jonah perhaps?( Matthew 12.39-40.)
2 comments:
Interesting thoughts, Stephen. Having the opportunity to marvel at these creatures in their natural environment is no doubt a spiritual experience for many also. Perhaps this is why the threat of their slaughter for 'scientific' purposes makes so many of us so angry. As if there is not enough suffering in the world, some people think it is their right to help themselves to creatures that should be allowed to remain in their natural habitat where everyone can gain pleasure from them. I have no real quibble with 'harvesting' animals that are specifically bred for human consumption. They are plentiful and increasing their numbers is not a problem. I guess it all comes down to how we see our stewardship of God's creation and how we try to maintain the sort of balance that ensures harmony for us all.
Yes Julie, it is a mystery to us why the Japanese want to eat whales. Not so to the Japanese I think.....to them it is better than the choicest steak.
What does seem ludicrous in this modern age is hoeing into an animal that is endangered.
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