Rythym and Booms was worth the anticipation, we were not disappointed! We hiked throught LakeView Woods to get there - that was fun. What was better was the hike back after the show, in the dark. Aunt Sher had treated the boys to flashing swords so it was a walk through the wood with many others, lit by flashing blue swords. GREAT FUN! Have you ever looked around at a large fireworks display? Kids with glowing sticks, swords, balls...flashing buttons. Everyone - hundreds of people - on common grounds, out in an open field, all looking in the same direction. The flashes of fireworks light up the faces, illuminating the smiles, the amazement, the pleasure. At one point I heard Tery, my brother-in-law, comment "Look at all the people, look." I knew he saw it too. For a moment out on the hill overlooking Madison, we were reminded that we are connected. (Maybe you have never reflected this deeply into a fireworks display.) Oh, I also heard comments about the smoke and pollution, the trash that would be left behind by the crowd. That kinda just goes along with the whole humanity thing. That trash is after all why we need the display of glory.
I prayed a prayer for Madison tonight as I looked out over the crowd. I pray that God will use us to display His glory in an amazing way. That God's glory would light up the faces of the many people who are looking to see Him. I pray that God will use His church to lead people to the common ground of the Cross, that we may leave the trash behind and experience the Kingdom that Jesus brings. That we would live the life that was intended for us - for His glory.
Some of you are going to want to come for next year's fireworks display now aren't you?
5 comments:
The show was AMAZING!!! I loved ever second of it, including the moment Gene realized he had been sitting on the grass the whole time and that's why he was getting eaten alive:) Thanks for letting me stay at your house...Mad City rocks!! esp. the ppl I know in it!
i think next year i am going to charge $5 to people and let them park in your driveway. it will be my own business venture. i need to raise money to feed clyde somehow. with inflation and cost of living increase, it is not cheap to own a leopard gecko in madison.
Beautifully written. Can you believe this woman married me?
it's not so anonymous when you talk about the writer as your wife! gene - that is you right? :-)
Hey, I was just checking out our blog. Who is anonymous and why did he call you his wife?
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