Lake Effect

Arctic air finally charged across the Canadian Border this week with below zero temperatures and wind chills to match. Once this super chilled air streamed over the relatively warm water of Lake Superior, sea smoke or, ice fog formed in rising columns coming off the water surface like a steamy soup. December sunrises on Lake Superior are fantastic and even better when the -15F degree air stirs up the sea smoke.

Standing on the shoreline, I could hear the clinking of small ice flows as they drifted into the rocky shore and the small electronic fog whistle located on the South Pier Lighthouse make a feeble attempt to sound a chord in the frozen air.

During the next half hour, the atmosphere filled with color from the rising sun while strengthening daylight outlined the ghostly vapors as it danced along water halfway between heaven and earth.

I can't explain why I keep coming back here, especially in rather uncomfortable conditions. I guess it's because it fills my senses and makes me alive. It reminds me of the one who brings the elements together to create this special piece of artwork. A masterpiece crafted like no other, and one that will never be duplicated exactly the same ever again. Each visit, I begin to understand a bit more why God made this beautiful world the way He did, to show us, in part, His Glory, and allow us to rest in the arms of an Almighty God.

Once again, like previous mornings, I unlocked the car door with fingers numbed by the cold, yet, with a heart warmed by the light of knowing who controls the universe and events of our life.
Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
And God saw that the light was good. Then He separated the light from the darkness.
God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day. Gen 1:3-5