Yesterday morning, the winds from Hurricane Ike reached our area. The power was flickering, the wind howling, but we received very little rain - in fact, I'm not sure it rained at all yesterday. On our way to church, we realized the wind had wreaked more havoc in Evansville than in our town. Stop lights were out, very large tree branches down. While we were sitting at one non-working stoplight awaiting our turn to go, the concrete bus stop bench turned over right next to our car! I thought it was going to go flying through the windshield - YIKES! When we arrived at church, there was no power, so they sent the kids with us into a darkened sanctuary for a short family service.
It was a completely amazing experience - 1,000 people in a dark room together worshipping God without lights, sound, cameras, videos or distraction. The faces of the worship leaders and preacher were lit by flashlight and the only other lights were cell phones and some light coming from the entrances. The sermon was shortened, but was very powerful - calling us to strengthen our relationships with those around us, because at the end of our lives when everything else falls away and all distractions are gone - all we are left with is God and other people. Those are the important things in life. In the wake of natural disasters like Ike, it forces us to recognize what is truly important in the light of eternity.
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Wow! That's a service you'll remember for a long time! And to think...if you'd stayed here, you would've gotten some rain but that's about all; the wind was nothing to speak of here! You actually had more excitment there!
That's super-cool!
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