Take a minute. Just a minute, to offer thanks that we live in an area of the country that is relatively free of natural disasters of the type that hit Joplin Mo yesterday. We are fortunate and blessed.
As I watch the news accounts of the utter destruction, I am reminded of the bigger picture at work. One man's answer to Brian Williams' question "how is it you're alive?" as the wreckage of the man's house is shown:
"Faith in God, its the only way."
take a minute to offer a little prayer and hope for our brothers in another state not so far away tonight.