On February 18th, our group drove out to Cape Sounion which is the site of ruins of the ancient greek temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea according to mythology. The point goes out into the water of the same seas that Paul would have traveled through when visiting Greece.
We arrived just in time to watch the entire sunset. We enjoyed watching God paint the sky and sea beautiful, gorgeous colors. It was by far the most beautiful sunset I have ever witnessed in my life. God is so powerful and wonderful. Thinking back on being there at Sounion so many thoughts come to mind. First off, that temple for a mythological god is ruined. It's broken and slowly falling apart every day. But the true God's temple, us, will never die. We are eternal, spiritual beings. I think I'll stick with a God whose temple will never ruin, instead of myths. Then while I was out there I looked at the temple and sure, it was cool... but I noticed that the hundreds of people there to see the temple were not looking at the temple, they had their backs to the temple facing the sea and sky -- God's creation. It was like God saying, "Yeah that 'god' may have a pretty temple made by the hands of men by turn around and look at the seas and sky of the setting sun that I created." -- NO comparison between God's true creation (the universe all together) and the material things made by God's creation (us). Sometimes God just does things just to impress me even more with his creation. These pictures honestly do not give it justice. I say you visit this yourself and witness some more of the incredible, breathtaking art of our almighty King and Father.
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