Hurricane ReLoaded

Here we go again. Just about the time I thought I could go home and be with my wife, Ike comes calling. Please be in prayer for my wife, family, and all those in the path of this storm. They evacuated again this morning.

O God, Master of this world, hear the humble voices of your children. The Sea of Galilee obeyed your order and returned to its former calm; you are still the Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control. The Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster. During this Hurricane Ike, we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid. O Christ Jesus, Our Brother, Captain, and King, we ask that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, so that we will walk in the leading of the Divine Spirit to reach the New Heavens and New Earth where a storm-less eternity awaits us. Amen.

In the mean time, here are a few videos I took from my hotel during Gustav: