For Christmas last year, our son and his family gave us a Google Chrome device. Basically, it is a small thing that you plug into your TV so you can watch things from your computer on the TV screen. We have used it with Netflix to watch movies, but yesterday I had the idea of putting up an ocean video from YouTube.
That may sound really corny, but it is amazing how just sitting, watching, and listening to a video can be a prayer practice. The real ocean would be much better, but when that is not possible, a video can be the next best thing.
The weather here has been cool for this time of year and rainy. The forecast this week calls for rain every day. I like rain, but I am feeling the need for a little sunshine and warmth too. Imagining being on a beach helps. Meditation and prayer also helps calm my anxiousness. There is something about the movement of the tide washing ashore that assures me of God's steady and non-ending love. No matter how I feel, and no matter what the weather is like, I can rest in the presence of my Lord and Savior.
Here are some YouTube links for videos of nature and water:
The Shore Shown Above
Watching the Ocean from Above a Rocky Shore
Tropical Beach
Woodland Stream
Woodland Waterfall
