Friday, November 9, 2007

A wooden canvas

Last Sunday a grip of people gathered inside the boarded up building to write prayers and bible verses on the enterer wooden walls before they become plastered and painted, over the next few weeks. I found a place to rest my pen and wrote on the inside of the coffee shop “kitchen” door frame while water pushed its way to the forefront of my eyes making it difficult to see what I was poring out from my heart and onto the wooden canvas. It is amazing to see so many people giving of their time, and money to something they have not seen. Simply having faith and trust in what the Lord is doing and going to do in this place is a sure sign that the Lord has in some recognizable way affected their lives and they understand through experience how BIG God truly is.

Doorway became a breezeway real quick

Latley, I feel like I have those blue and red 3D shades on. Steal supports, welded iron framing, and massive wooden beams are transforming the 210 blueprints we have all been staring at for so long into a 3D masterpiece!

I watched today in amazement wandering how the men on the construction site were able to remove an entire section of the wall without the rest of it crumbling to the cement floor…and then it did…yep part of the 100 year old wall is no longer 100 years old. Luckily no one was hurt, though I’m sure some of those men were dropping bits of bricks out of their shorts the rest of the day.