Vapor

Amy's out of town and I just couldn't pass up posting this .

There's a storm over Vegas tonight. I sat in the rain on
the bridge in the front yard and watched the lightning.
This storm, according to NEXRAD, is 43,000 feet tall! At
House Church this week I used a big storm as an object lesson
for the wonder of God. As I look up and realize the power
contained in this huge storm, I'm reminded that it's just
vapor -- tiny droplets of water somehow suspended in the air!
The Spirit is like a vapor. He envelopes all and is light
enough to hover in the tiniest spot, yet contains all the power
of the universe. The sky is completely overcast as the storm
sweeps through the desert valley, but as I look up I see a hole
in the cloud deck, maybe a quarter-mile wide and in the center
of it, a star. The light from this distant sun has reached me
through the clouds and through the storm. It traveled maybe a
million miles (?) to shine down on me through this tiny little
hole. For Vegas, this is a big storm, but really it's nothing.
Compared to Charley or Hugo or Andrew or Camille. Even T.S.
Bonnie last week was bigger than this single-cell storm that
has impressed me so much tonight. God is greater still.

Please pray for Beth (she's been given 1, maybe 2 months to live).
And for J&L, J&J, and for Amy and the kids while they travel. Pray
also that God allows each of us to see how pungent our sin is and
to see how big and mighty HE is!