What's there to say?

A neighbor walked by the other night, we all smiled and nodded, "great day the sun is shining, and there are no fires burning."  Too true.

So much to see and watch these days in our city. Grief watching all the violence, and outrage. They profound gratitude and hope and melancholy see the police cruisers covered in post-it notes and flowers.  Notes of gratitude and honor.

I asked and prayed for God to not allow the riots. I walked and walked all during the last part of the second period and right until the end of the game. Outside fully present in the beautiful evening.  I prayed for no riots, I prayed for Grace.  I prayed for safety. I asked God afterward "what happened?"   My sense is that these people were totally possessed and it got swept up, and maybe the end result is their behavior which is always there is now there for the world to see, and their families, and somehow it will help them in their lives in the end.  Seeing a community a huge community come out and so strongly support and express their sadness and outrage and gratitude for the Canucks and the emergency crews totally wipes out and eradicates what those people did. Maybe just maybe these people will have a change of heart, now that they have seen this. 

Be the change.

I met with a friend I haven't seen in a very long time, and we talked about the places she is at and the changes she has had in her life through prayer. She's on fire, and it was great to hear her stories of God's absolute presence in her life, and the lives of those around her.  It is a privilege to be in a place of witnessing and to be able to share it affirms our own and visa versa. 

Its funny I just glanced down having done a spell check briefly and this program auto saves.  It went from a blue rectangle "save now"  to a grey one  "SAVED". The word saved just jumped out at me.  Saved.

These people have a profound opportunity to be saved, the ones who's violence and destruction was so appalling.  Please pray for each one of them. Its so easy to feel the rage inside of our own bodies when we watch the destruction and to want to lash out in the same way, to want to hurt and punish them for what they have done.  That begins to get us into their nightmare.  Stop and pray. Breath deep "and know I am God".

Pray for a revival, that is what Jan is doing, she is praying for a revival.

Love and more love