Posted on 08/12/2004 11:36:27 PM PDT by Billie
How greatly did Charley affect you there on the Delmarva peninsula, Gabz?
Just rain all day - no wind to speak of.
But that is just what I could tell from the comfort and sefety of home...........I have not ventured out......I'm sure there was a lot of flooding because we have had so much rain recently.
But all in all - Charley was pretty much nothing by the time it got here.
Our minds can barely comprehend the reality of such power and devastation...
In Florida in 1973 a tornado swept through the residential community in which we lived, just a block over from us.
It did indeed have the "train bearing down" sound with it so often described.
It went on 8 blocks to the main area boulevard, across it and a grassy park, and took off the roof of and damaged a house on the other side of that.
In it, a 10-year old friend of my daughter was killed.
Good news!...Prayers again for all that were touched by this hurricane and for the the helpers and rescuers.
God Bless Steve
Amen, Happy to hear your report.
Prayers for your son Steve and all the members of DMAT.
Special Prayers for the victims and their losses.
The prayers are appreciated.
I don't expect another call any time soon, by the way.
We talked about 20 minutes this morning, and he signed off, needing to report for the day, and said he has no way to recharge his cell phone.
Thank you for your report, Lady Maggie! I will keep Steve in my prayers, that our Lord would infuse him with His Own Strength and Endurance during this stressful time, and also that the Love of Christ would flow from his heart without measure to the hurting and the wounded.
More Than Humanly Possible
The Olympics in Greece have officially begun. Along with the traditional hopes and expectations of success by individual athletes and entire nations, there is also a palpable concern and angst about potential terrorism at the first games since 9/11. To prevent any terror attacks the Greeks have spent a record amount of money putting in place a vast and varied web of security and protection. In fact, one Greek official voiced that what they had done was “more than humanly possible.”
“More than humanly possible” – now there’s a statement. At first I thought that something must have been lost in the translation from Greek to English (which wouldn’t be a first). Then I wondered if it might be a new example of hyperbole (unlike others that I have heard a million times before). After all, if humans do something, it’s not more than humanly possible right? But, in the end I have concluded that those 4 words spoken can be very accurate and true indeed – when you factor God in.
The Christian life is impossible for humans to live. Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5) It has always been so. That’s why the disciples had to wait in Jerusalem after the resurrection – for power. (Acts 1:4-8) Such absence of self-reliance and self-sufficiency flies in the face of the Western world’s “unlimited human potential” approach to life.
Too often it is our approach to church as well. After all, why wait for God when we can manipulate things our way through television, nominating committees, stewardship campaigns, forced levels of education, and grasped leadership in the name of upholding traditions or in the name of breaking them? All of those thing are fine when actually empowered by God, but alone they are, well, Godless and powerless to accomplish anything eternal beyond this mortal life.
For the sake of our athletes, and peace in the world, I do hope that God has enabled the Greeks to set up security beyond what they could do only by their own effort. After that, the Olympics should remain a place where unaided human accomplishment is showcased. Church, however, must be a place where, through Jesus, we only do what is more than humanly possible.
Thanks for the report.
Thanks for the ping
& the updates
A Drive-by *Hiya* to Billie and y'all! :-) We were lucky here on Florida's east coast -- some wind, showers, not much more than that. But please keep praying for the folks along the west coast. God bless -- see ya soon.
Hello.
Good to see you didn't get hit as badly as thought.
Been quiet here, didn't get the 'high' winds(60 mph gusts) that they rumored would happen, nor the torrential rain.
We lucked out up here.
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