A Sight to Behold!
by Mark Edwards, associate pastor / minister of music
Did you see it? Many of you did. I saw some of it.
I’m talking about the sight of First Baptist folk hiking to the Shelby Street Bridge a couple of Sundays ago. I had told Susie on the way to church that with overcast skies and fall nip in the air, we were absolutely going to freeze out there. Wrong! Two hours later, in the bright and warm sunlight, more than 750 of us—the young and not-so-young, members and not-yet-members, on foot and in buses, golf carts, strollers, and wagons—made our way to the bridge for a spectacular view of downtown.
All that was pretty obvious, but there were other sights more subtle. While Joy Atkins and Susan Owens were “signing” a new version of the old hymn, some sweet child lost the handle on her helium balloon just as they reached the line “take my will and make it Thine, it shall be no longer mine.” It could not have been scripted any better. And then when Joy and Susan turned to sign toward the city, I saw our collective heart go with them. From my vantage point in the “balcony” of our temporary sanctuary and through the web of structural steel, I saw the framed face of one of our own, a candidate for governor, not up front campaigning, but off to the side committing with the rest of us. And then there was that sunny day rainbow that our pastor spotted—where did that come from?
But there’s one more thing that I saw. After the masses had been fed I asked Allen Adcox (overseeing the food service) how things went. He reported they ordered food for 600, “he of little faith” cut it to 500, they used more than 700 plates, and there was food left. Hmm! Okay, who brought the five loaves?
What did you see? In due season, we shall see.
Also in the November 8, 2006 Issue of The Evangel
» Frank and to the Point
» Christmas Parade is December 1
» New Deacons Elected
» It’s Time to Reserve Poinsettias!
» The Next Door Graduation Coming to FBC
» Pray for Our TBC Messengers
» Everlasting Light Books Available
» A Sight to Behold!
» Men’s Basketball
» Spanning the Gulch
» Senior Adults in New Orleans
» Thanksgiving Luncheon
» Upcoming Events
» This Week in Worship
