Nova Scotia - Week 7: Bay of Fundy

Another day, another week and so it goes. After church today we had Sweis and Caroline over, along with their girls Shannon and Leslie. They are always enjoyable to spend time with and all our girls have a lot of fun together. It has become Mary Ann and my Sunday routine to go explore the Fundy coast line – in the car of course – we haven’t changed that much. Each week we check out a different road which leads to a another harbor – today was Hulls Harbor.

Most of these places have quaint shops or restaurants which are closed-up for the winter, but look worth coming back to during the summer. Regardless, the views are awesome; the bay, the waves pounding the shoreline, the frozen falls along the cliffs, but the thing which the Bay of Fundy so famous for, is the hardest to appreciate – its tides. Today, the tide was low, but unless we stay or come back in six hours, we can’t appreciate its affect. If we watch for 15-20 minutes the difference is hardly noticeable. Life is often like that; whether it be at work or doing a big project, sometimes progress is impossible to tell from day to day. In times like these it is good practise to take a step back to observe change over a longer period of time; the view may surprise you.

This can be true in our faith life as well, often it easy to get down on one’s self because change seems non-existent, but over time God does shape each one of us, and the change which we feel is non-existent is real and overtime, significant. Remember, “He who began a good work in you, will carry it to completion.”  

Take care and have a good week - HJK