The Teeming Waters and Sky of the Gulf of Mexico
Yesterday I worked on the lesson “God Created the Gulf of Mexico” for America the Beautiful. This is a brand new lesson for this update, so I enjoyed learning about the world’s largest gulf and the Gulf Coast of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, which some appropriately call America’s “Third Coast.”
This morning I want to share with you some of the photographs I used in the lesson so you can also be in awe of what God has created there. He has filled the Gulf of Mexico with 15,000 species of fish, 29 species of marine mammals, and five species of sea turtles. More than two billion migrating birds land along the U.S. Gulf Coast each spring. The peak birding season there begins in about a week, by the way.
These photos are from the National Park Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Indeed the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the skies teem with God’s creations. I pray that you have an awe-filled Saturday.
Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.
Genesis 1:20
I wonder if you and Ray have visited South Padre Island. They have a magnificent sea turtle rescue complete with a hospital there as well as a wonderful bird watching and nature center that is also home to one or more alligators! Both establishments are relatively new. Well worth seeing if you’re ever that far south.