HMA MEETING - STORMY DAY SAFE FLYING WITH JESUS

This morning at 8:00 am Sister Karen and I attended the Huntingdon Ministerial Alliance (HMA) monthly meeting held at the Huntingdon Baptist Memorial Hospital. I am serving as Recording Treasurer this year for the HMA (two Secretaries write checks and pay bills). We discussed the upcoming Community Thanksgiving Service which is to be held at the First United Methodist Church in Huntingdon. We discussed some of the benevolent assistance that is provided through the joint efforts of the offerings received in the Thanksgiving and Easter Services. These funds have assisted needy families in keeping their electricity on, paying for heating fuel, gasoline and groceries. The funds also assist transient travelers who need help in getting to their destination. We enjoyed a good breakfast provided by the hospital dining services and a good time of fellowhip. We work together to minister to our community.

After the meeting Sister Karen and I visited Sister Jennie Sanders and took her some needed items. We had a good visit and a good time of prayer.

This afternoon all across Tennessee and Kentucky (and other states) there were thunderstorms and tornadoes. Huntingdon was under a tornado warning for about an hour. For safety reasons, we were warned to go inside and stay for most of the afternoon and evening. Paris, our neighboring town North of here, was hit by a tornado with some structural damage and some minor injuries. Clarksville, where Karen's mother lives, was also hit but with no serious injuries and only some structural damage.

Strong winds and rains hit here around 2:30-3:00 pm today. As the winds blew and the rain pelted the parking lot, car lights begin to shine in our storm door. A few people stopped in and took shelter in the basement of the church. Sister Karen and I watched the clouds, the wind and the rain and were ready to head to the basement but no real serious wind came. The wind blew around 40 mph for about 2-3 minutes and it was mostly over.

It is in natural stormy times that our feeling of need for physical security is heightened. There are other storms that blow in life and it is in those times that the Master of the sea and of the storms is present to calm and assure his children. There are many out there in the storm of their life who need to come to know the Master of all storms (spiritual, emotional, mental, financial or whatever the storm is). As the song says, "He will calm the troubled waters of your soul. . . ." To HIM be glory forever and forever!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and God bless you is my prayer. . .