1 Day Before Landfall in Hampton Roads
Of course, today I watched the news reports because now I want to walk circumspectly. Hurricane Irene was a huge juggernaut on the screen–Swirling circles of white, red, and yellow crawling up the East Coast. And she was a Category 3 storm!
These events spoke of what people were expecting:
- My son’s band camp picnic and show demonstration was called off.
- Services at my congregation were cancelled for the weekend.
- Businesses were closing.
- Shelves in supermarkets were almost bare.
- Neighbors were cleaning up their yards making sure that any possible projectile would be stored away.
My family decided to hunker down and batten down the hatches. Then I spoke with others; some going to Charlottesville, some to Petersburg, some to Rocky Mount, NC. It was then that I realized the seriousness of the moment and the impending storm.
PRAYER: Father, bless your people and the entire East Coast! According to meteorologists, we have not been battered like this so massively since Hurricane Gloria. I thank you that we serve a God at whose voice the winds and the waves obey! Bless your people, Father.
Be ministered to by Hillsong as they sing “Still” based upon Psalm 46:
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