The narrator said "a lot of turtles don’t make it back because they get stuck in between some of the rocks or get flipped on their backs and can't flip back over before the tide comes back in", which is so sad to me, but the world has to recycle itself, and if no one or nothing dies then this world would be contaminated and over crowed with people, animals and vegetation. Which shows how God was thinking way ahead when He created the world. He's not like us human who thinks of the now and how we can get what we want and think we need now. Some are still pulling up all earth resources without thinking of the future. Well, anyway back to my story.
This one turtle the camera focused on was climbing over the rocks breathing in and out as if each breath could have been its last as it slobbered at the mouth but as this turtle went over this one rock she got stuck between the two and it wedged her in place that she couldn't move. As I was watching this I started talking to the turtle and the lord through the TV. "Please lord help her, please don't let her die", come on little turtle fight don't give up" and I be so serious about my prayers as watch TV, and this is all the time. Even though I know whatever I'm watching was shot long before it hit the air, I still watch and pray.
Anyway, back to what I was sharing. As I was praying the narrator said "now that the tide is coming back in with it waves the turtle could drown, but if the wave can give just enough push, the turtle might have a fighting change."(In my David Attenborough English voice) that I love so much. So, there I was sitting there watching as the tide and the waves was coming in back and forth hitting the turtle. It looked like the turtle gave up and ran out of breath, but as I started talking to the TV, the turtle and God again. One of the waves came in and hit the turtle front fin which waved a little, showing life.
Then another wave came in and touched her mouth which made her lift up her head. Then all of a sudden life was in the turtle and she started kicking and bobbing as each wave came in, but yet still stuck between the rocks. Then one BIG WAVE came in just when I was shouting at the TV out loud, "Come on turtle hang in there, just a couple more waves. I was on edge, but I kid you not when I say, I watched one wave that looked to me to be the hand of God lifting up that turtle and flipping her over as she swam to the sea with her bruises on her belly by the rocks, that will someday tell her testimony, which it just did today. I started cheering and thanking God with relief and a big smile on my face feeling like it just happened to me and nobody knew at that time, BUT GOD that I was going through a trial of my own. Wow! It was so beautiful and all I could think about was God, and how God made a way of escape for that turtle and how much more He cares for us. I just love the way God uses nature to speak to our situations, if we would just open our eyes and see.
Lord Help Us All,