{"id":12164,"date":"2023-08-06T18:01:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T23:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=12164"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:48:07","slug":"what-an-early-morning-jet-ski-ride-taught-me-about-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/what-an-early-morning-jet-ski-ride-taught-me-about-god\/","title":{"rendered":"What an Early Morning Jet Ski Ride Taught Me About God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

God spoke to me on an early morning Jet Ski ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to show you something.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He walks me through the morning light along the trees down to the shoreline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early mist floats above the water.  Soft light bathes the shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s an early morning at the lake.  Temp is 78, no wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee pot and cup in hand, I step onto the jet ski from the dock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

No hurries.  Start the engine, and slow reverse floats me away from the shady dock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A message from the morning light<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dawn-lit water greets me like a trusted friend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour a half cup, set the pot in the footboard, and nudge the gas.  4 mph crawl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sip and soak the morning light, glimmering on the lake, as it bubbles through the shoreline trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The light paints their images on glassy water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fisherman gently casts into a canvas of colors. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Summer morning coffee on a Jet Ski, Lake Athens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A doe feeding her fawn glances a welcome smile, and the egret glides by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now a message from God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.\u201d
\u2014 James 1:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gifts from God<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I love that. “Father of heavenly lights.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God commands the heavenly lights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sun, the moon, and the earth are exactly in the right position for you and me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHave you ever in your life commanded the morning, and caused the dawn to know its place, that it might take hold of the ends of the earth?\u201d 
\u2014 Job 38:12  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He greets us every day like a father.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goodness all around him. Light all around Him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He comes with gifts, and they are perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He doesn\u2019t change despite the shifting world shadows.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All we have to do, along with other great spirits roaming the earth, is catch His freshness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great spirits now on earth sojourning;\nHe of the cloud, the cataract, the lake,\nWho on Helvellyn's summit, wide awake,\nCatches his freshness from Archangel's wing\nJohn Keats<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Snatch daily inspiration<\/a> in the morning light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God knows we need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God is good<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is the message we have heard from him and declare to you:  God is light; in him, there is no darkness at all.\u201d
\u2014 1 John 1:5<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No evil and nothing ugly about God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout the Bible, God inspired humans to reflect on his nature as light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Light rays travel in a straight line.  Materials like air and water bend light.  But God doesn\u2019t bend or shift. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\u2019s looking at us every day.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n