And the Lord has been very gracious to me this week. In the midst of perceived difficulty, I've been ministered to by my brothers and sisters in Christ and reminded of truth. I am so blessed to have such godly people in my life.
I say perceived difficulty because I see the images from Japan and realize that my fleeting anxieties are not as grave as losing my home, family, or fear of the specter of radiation poisoning. But just as Christ has been gracious to me, I pray for grace for the Japanese. The devastation and the horror is great, but God is greater still.
The picture on this post is graffiti from South Street in Philadelphia. I was praying while wandering around South Philly, and looked up at just the right moment. Spain was written three separate times in a line, but I could only get the last two in the frame, and I took it on a low-quality camera-phone. Seeing just the words sprayed on the top of a building was enough to tug at my heart. I miss it so much, and I just want to return to work there. In God's timing...
