Here is a quote from this past Sunday's sermon that I liked. "Is the church a hotel for saints, or is it a hospital for sinners?"

6:50 am EDT:  I have just woke up and immediately I can tell it is not normal outside. Usually at this time of the day there is a constant hum of the vehicle tires on the main road in front of the house. And out back is the sweet concert of the birds and insects. But this morning there is not a car on the road. The cicada's are all silent, not a single bird chirp to be heard. Definitely brings new meaning to the phrase "Be Still and know that I am GOD."

8:50 am EDT: Well there are a number of vehicles on the road, but still not the constant hum that is normal. There have been a few birds singing one at a time over the last two hours. This is definitely not going to be a normal day.

10:50 am EDT: It has been raining steady for about an hour and a half, not a hard rain.

2:30 pm EDT: Well this is supposed to be the worst part, so far it has rained very hard and the wind is gusting hard enough to knock some leaves and small twigs off the trees. So at least at our house the storm is not that bad, now DC is on the other side of the eye from us and they are probably getting it worse then we are.

4:20 pm EDT: Well the sun is peaking out and for us the storm was not worse then a strong thunderstorm back there in Michigan. If Ike follows in Hannah's path, then it will be an entirely different story.