On 26 December 2004, the tsunami struck and decimated many places in this part of the world. Standing on a rock just offshore at the confluence of the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean, is a 133foot tall statue of Thiruvalluvar (sounds just like it looks!). Thiruvalluvar is considered the Homer--as in, The Iliad and Odyssey--of the Tamil language.

When the tsunami struck the wall of water rushing inland was as high as the head of Thiruvalluvar. The water was some 100 feet tall as it swept inland taking the lives of about 8000 local residents.

Seing this statue and visualizing what a wall of water 100 feet tall must have been like gives me a whole new perspective on power... and it also reminds me that no power on earth exists that can compare to the power of Almighty God who creates and sustains all things by His own power and might and majesty!