Pray for Japan

I got up this morning and turned on the news while I took my blood pressure and blood sugar, normal morning routine for a 65 year old! I was shocked at the news out of Japan of near record setting eathquake. My boss and dear friend, Bill Pekala has been in Japan this week in meetings and I don’t know if he is on his way home or still there. I’ve emailed him to see where he is and if he is o.k. I hope to hear form him soon. Please pray for the people of Japan, it sounds like so far a very small number are reported dead but the devastation seems very wide spread, plus a sunami is racing across the oceans in many directions. More opportunities for prayer.

This morning reminded me of an event from a number of years back in my life. Many years ago when my children were still very young, Sherelene and I had a fight over something, still can’t remember what. She took the kids and stormed out and tore out of our driveway, angry. A little later I got to feeling guilty and got in the car and went out to try and find her. While driving up the interstate to the next exit where I thought she might have gone, I saw that in the other two south bound lanes all traffic was stopped and there were a large number of emergency vehicles. Some people had been in a very serious accident. I was struck with fear that it was Sherelene and the kids. I rushed to the exit and then joined the long line of traffic headed back south to see if my family was o.k. It took forever to get to the accident scene, when i got close I couldn’t make out the vehicle over the side of the road but it was the color of Sherelene’s car. I was even more stricken with fear. I had been praying furiously and the prayers gotten even more intense accompanied by tears running down my cheeks. When I got to the accident scene it was awful several cars all torn apart, but none of them were Sherelene’s. I thanked God all the way home and when I got to the drive way my prayers were further answered when her car was in the driveway.

I went in and apologized and held Sherelene and the kids and wept over my family. Both Sherelene and I agreed that whatever we had fought about was not worth the effort.

Two points, (1) Prayer works, (2) Be careful what you argue about.

Today’s Prayer; Father, please be with the people of Japan that have suffered under this mighty
earthquake. I pray that your spirit of peace will be upon them in this time of great stress and anxiety. I pray for any that are trapped that a rescue will come quickly. Amen

the pilgrim

I will be in North Carolina this weekend at a photo event speaking both Saturday and Sunday,
please pray for those people in my audience!

*Photo Note: Close up of cooking oil in water. D7000, 200mm Micro Nikkor f18 @ 1/25th of a second, ISO 1600.