Hidden Beauty.

By Amy Carroll

“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.” 1 Corinthians 13:12 (NASB)

As a child who grew up swimming in the ocean off the coast of North Carolina, I was used to wading into murky waters. The sun sparkled brilliantly on the surface, but most of the time I couldn’t see anything past a few inches from the top of the brownish Atlantic Ocean. My young mind whirled as my toes met with all kinds of unknowns.

“What’s that sharp edge?!”

“Oooo … a slimy thing!”

“What just brushed past me?!”

A sting from a jellyfish and watching Jaws fuelled my active imagination and latent fears. I couldn’t see what was swimming in the vast expanse around me, so I worried…