Several days ago, I was in Carmel, a city in the USA located on the Pacific coast. People from different parts of the world, of different nationalities and cultures came to Carmel to spend their holidays there.
The ocean was not so peaceful; from time to time, mighty waves were striking the shore, filling the atmosphere with their roars and the smell of the ocean. The weather was wonderful; at one moment sitting on the shore, and at another swimming in the ocean, we were enjoying the day that the Lord gave us.
At a distance of 20 meters from the shore, there was a pond thirty meters long and three meters wide, in which there was water from the ocean. Staying on the shore of the ocean for hours, I noticed children playing in that pond and people swimming there. Amazingly, during the whole day, not even one of those people, neither the children nor the adults approached the shore of the ocean
and put a foot in the real ocean. Until the sunset, they were swimming and playing in that pond full of worms and moss.
I took a couple of photos of both views and with a heavy heart started to think about so many people who are just like that; they are by God’s side, who is the Living Water and the Source of Life, but they are afraid to dive into His waters, so they spend their lives in the shallow waters of religion. Just like that pond had water from the ocean, religion bears the name of God, but does not have His majesty and power. Rituals and traditions, but not fellowship with the Living God.
In the photos, you can see the pond with the water from the ocean and the Pacific Ocean.