Gone in Sixty Seconds

Once again this week I was reminded that so much that we take for granted and assume will always be there, may not necessarily be as permanent as we think. As we all know a massive tornado ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, this week. We were all shocked by the images of school children being plucked from leveled school buildings.

Rescue workers pulling a child from the rubble of what had been
Plaza Towers Elementary, the grade school I attended from K - 6.

But the images were especially poignant for me because you see Moore is my hometown and one of those schools that was leveled was where I attended grade school for 7 years. The house we lived in for 8 years was a block from the school, you could literally see it out the back door. As of Monday night, we don't know for sure, it is almost certain that that house and the entire neighborhood around Plaza Towers are gone. Two things that represented permanence and stability for me as a child (my house and my school) were literally blown away Monday afternoon. In an instant they were gone.

So much of what we build our lives on are just like my old house at 828 SW 10th Street or my old elementary school, Plaza Towers Elementary. They appear permanent and stable but in an instant they can be gone forever. Jesus said in Matthew 24:35 "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away." The only thing in this life that will never go away are the words of Jesus. So, what is your life built on? Are you banking on the permanence and security of things that will pass away or are have you placed your trust in the one thing that will never go away, Jesus Christ?