Some people just like you and me decided to build a Church long ago.
A pretty impressive place it seems it was as well!
Unfortunately after some time things didn't go well for this building...
It was reported to have been abandoned after a plague decimated the area two centuries later.
The final blow to its existence it seems came in 1966 when it was buried due to the damming of a river.
Pictures are now floating around the internet of the Church rising from the depths. Slowly it is coming back to the surface due to a drought effecting the area. The locals are apparently so happy this is what one man said...
“The people celebrated. They came to eat, to hang out, to do business. I sold them fried fish. They did processions around the church.”
I have keep a tab on my web browser open all week since first seeing the article.
The more I keep looking at it with my intrigue in the story growing...the more it actually reminds me about what God can do for a Church, a group of people, a family or a life...
It reminds me that...
- That no matter how buried you feel, God can always rescue you?
- That when we feel like we are drowning, we can be raised up again? God can even cause us to rise above the waters!
- That no matter what man plans to do to bury us, God is always bigger and He will always rescue!
- That if God wants something, it will happen!
- That the gates of hell will never prevail!
- That we are seated on the rock, and that rock is Jesus!
- That we have a firm foundation!
Both you and I are destined to rise.
As a Church we are destined to rise, far beyond our current circumstances!
What does this account remind you of today? What is God reminding you of or telling you about?
May it stir your heart, stir your faith, and may you rise...
Something to think about...
http://www.churchleaders.com/daily-buzz/264771-16th-century-church-ascends-from-the-depths.html
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