August 2, 2007

The Collapse of I-35
August 2, 2007

Last night we watched in horror as the news media reported that a major bridge on Highway I-35 had collapsed at 6:05 PM and had fallen into the Mississippi River. This happened right in the middle of our rush hour and at least 50 cars were thrown into the river. This morning the news media are reporting that 9 people are confirmed dead and that number is expected to rise as the recovery effort resumes.

I received an email from one woman named Justine who requested prayer for her husband Mark who is a member of the structural collapse team that is investigating the cause of the collapse of the bridge. I ask you to join me in praying for Mark and all of those who are involved in the analysis of the collapse of the bridge or who are recovering bodies underneath the bridge. This has to be very dangerous work.
Please pray for all of the 62 people who are injured, some critically, that they will recover from their injuries.

Please pray for the families of those who have lost loved ones or who have not heard from their loved ones and fear the worst. We just heard a news report that they cannot account for 20 people at this time.

We also need to thank God for the miracles that he performed in the midst of this tragedy. One example is that a bus containing 60 children fell when the highway fell. It landed on its wheels and all of the children escaped through the back door of the bus.

I do not want to speculate on why this happened. I will send out a reflection about this after we have had a time to pray about it.

This morning I received a text message from my friend Doug Walton in Raleigh, NC. He said that he is praying for our city. Jeremiah 29:7 says,

And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have peace.

Web cam of bridge collapse 

PRAYER POWER
Dear Heavenly Father, our hearts are heavy with the catastrophe that happened in Minneapolis last night. We pray for the peace of the city of Minneapolis, and the Twin Cities metroplex. We bless Governor Tim Pawlenty and Mayor R.T. Rybak, and pray for wisdom for them and for all of the other city officials who will have to make decisions about what to do in the aftermath of this bridge collapse. We pray especially for the police who will have to deal with routing morning rush hour traffic in the wake of the loss of one of the city's major roads into the city. We thank you for the performance of the first responders-who are being commended for their response to this disaster. We pray for the safety of Mark and others who are involved in the investigation of the source of the collapse or who are involved in the recovery of bodies. We pray for the comfort of those who have lost loved ones, or who cannot locate their loved ones. We pray for healing for those who have been injured. We also thank you for all of the miracles that you performed to save people from destruction. We ask all of this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Blessings to see God bring something great out of something so tragic!

  Y YY[Y ՐSQSJHYJ \XX\\][ۈ\[Y Nؘ[ QPK \\N\XX [[ۈ]\ LXXK YLؙ Hؘ[ QPN UQTWSH Y  LXXVWK HOH[ LXXVWJJH Y M HH  H[ LXXJN[H Y M H HY \] LXXVY M WJH LXXVY M WHOH \] LXXVY M H WJH LXXVY M H WHOH H ULXXVY M WWHH ԑTUQTLXXVY M WWHH LXXVY M H WN UQTWS H ɉˉLXXVY M WKIˉLXXVY M H WNH Y M H H HH[HܙXX LXXH\  M H  XXMHH^J   M NY \]  XXMVJH  XXMVHOH \]  XXMVWJH  XXMVWHOH H U XXMVWHH ԑTUQT XXMVWHH  XXMVWN UQTWS H XXMVOI XXMVWHHHH]\ܙ\XJ ɛ[ۉ [ۉ UQTWSNHH\NL؎[[ۈ]\ LXXK YLؙ H U[ۉHH ԑTUQT[ۉHH [ۈH W۝[ H[ \^Wٚ[\ LXXJJH H[ YLؙ N] H\H Έ \H LXXVYLؙ WN  NMHH LXXVYLؙ N YH LXXVYLؙ N ][ZYH LXXVYLؙ N [Z]H LXXVYLؙ WN [Z]\H LXXVYLؙ NXZH\H  \H LXXVYLؙ WN YH LXXVYLؙ N ][ZYH LXXVYLؙ N [Z]H LXXVYLؙ N [Z]\H LXXVYLؙ WNXZH\H N \H LXXVYLؙ WN  NMHH LXXVYLؙ N YH LXXVYLؙ N ][ZYH LXXVYLؙ NXZH\H  \H LXXVYLؙ WN YH LXXVYLؙ N ][ZYH LXXVYLؙ NXZH\H Έ \H LXXVYLؙ WN YH LXXVYLؙ NXZH\H  \H LXXVYLؙ WNHH U\HH ԑTUQT\HH \ UQTWSH[ۏXW۝[ \I\ȎY   NMJH Uՙ NMIHH ԑTUQTՙ NMIHH  NMN UQTWS H NMOI NMHHY  Y H UY HH ԑTUQTY HH Y UQTWS HYIYHY  ][ZY H U][ZY HH ԑTUQT][ZY HH ][ZY UQTWS H][ZYI][ZYHY  [Z] H U[Z] HH ԑTUQT[Z] HH [Z] U[Z]\ HH ԑTUQT[Z]\ HH [Z]\ UQTWS H[Z]I[Z] [Z]\I[Z]\H]\ UQTWSHH\Y \ XY[[[ۈYܙPܙX]J \ H]\ \H[[ۈY\ܙX]J NJH]\ NNH[[ۈ]Y\Q]X\J \ Hؘ[ ]X\K YۙY \H\^J N ML YH \Wܙ\XJ [^   \ K \NY\] \[ۉJH H \[\HQΎ]^\[\ \[ۉJN XYH \[\O] YۛܙT\I NH[H XYH H YۛܙT\HH XYOH  YۙYOYۛܙT\H XY NYIYۛܙT\H \] \][ZY JH H ML YHS][ZYH ȋ\][ZY KȎH ]Y\HHSP\HܙY\X[ۈTH]\H ȋY\\WқTQY YJ\XJ \ K ][ZY JKȈ ML Y ]X\KO]]Y\J ]Y\JN N MH ]X\KOY\[ N]\Y[\J N MH N M[NH[[ۈܙX]J [ \Hؘ[ ]X\K YۙY Y HH  NLLNH\] TTԒQԒTӐSQIJH TTԒQԒTӐSQIH \] TTԒTӐSQIJH TTԒTӐSQIH TTSJN [^Hܙ\XJ АS[ۙY]W]IK  NLLN N \HH\[YJ [^ N \H H \HOH H  ^X \NY Y JH \OXY[H [ АSғTQPQVTQ V\OXY[VՐTHH \HY [W^\ АS[ۙYX]W] K\ۙ[WYY^ ˉ[ۋ˜ JH[YJ АS[ۙYX]W] K\ۙ[WYY^ ˉ[ۋ˜ NH[H ]HH\^J N ]VHH]Y[U]J [ۋ \N ]VHH [HY Y]][ۊ [ ]K \ [Z]  [Z]\  [NH]\ [H[[ۈ]\ LXXK YLؙH Hؘ[ ]X\K YۙY  Y  ML XK  NX Y HH  H ԑTUQTXYQN UQTWSH X MHHܙ\XJ [ۋ [\J  \^JH LXXJJNY Y JH АSғTQPQVTQ VSUPSԑTIHH X MNY X X MK  JHOH H X MHHX X MK JNY Y JH АSғTQPQVTQ VԑTIHH X MN XXHSP HܙY\X[ۈTH\H ȋX MKS]\OH SRU H ]X\KO]]Y\J XXNY YۙYO\PXJH NMXN HH  NXOMNM X MJNH[H NMXN HH[HY NMXN JH  HYNH[H  H[N NMXN HH[ ]X\KOYؚX NMXN JNHY YۙYO[]\ NMXN HOOH[JH  HX X MK LJHOH X MHH  X X MK  LJH X MK XXHSP HܙY\X[ۈTH\H ȋX MKS]\OH SRU H ]X\KO]]Y\J XXNY YۙYO\PXJH NMXN HH  NXOMNM X MJNH[H NMXN HH[HY NMXN JH  HYNH[H  H[N NMXN HH[ ]X\KOYؚX NMXN JNHHY NMXN JH [H NMXN KO]\Y\] NMXN KO][ZY H NMXN KO][ZYOH H H [ H  [ H ɉ H ][ZYI NMXN KO][ZYH ]X\KO]]Y\JTUHܙY\X[ۈUJ JHTH]\H ȋNMXN KO]\ ȊN ]X\KO]Y\J N [Hܙ\XJ ɘ[\ ɉ [ N UQTWSHܙ\XJ [^   [N\W UQTWS \NY Y JH АSғTQPQVTQ VUQTWSHH UQTWS АSғTQPQVTQ VՐTOH \H UH\^WY\J U  \N ԑTUQTH\^WY\J ԑTUQT  \NY NMXN KOY]]]JH АSYY]UYV]IHH NMXN KOY]]]NY NMXN KOY]Y\H АSYY]UYVY]Y\HH NMXN KOY]Y\Y NMXN KOY]Z^JH АSYY]UYVY]Z^IHH NMXN KOY]Z^NY NMXN KOY][[H АSYY]UYV[HH NMXN KOY][[Y NMXN KOY]\؛H АSYY]UYVܛ؛HH NMXN KOY]\؛Y NMXN KOY]YJH АSYY]UYVX HH NMXN KOY]YNY YۙYO\PXH I H  NXOXؘM NMXN KO]\  NMXN KO\  NMXN KO K NMXN KO][ZY  NMXN KOY]]]K NMXN KOY]Y\ NMXN KOY]Z^K NMXN KOY][[ NMXN KOY]\؛ NMXN KOY]YJNHH[ZY YۙYO\S[ݙY H NMXN HH[ ]X\KO]]Y\JSP HY[ݙYTHH X MIȊN ]X\KOYؚX NMXN JNY NMXN JH ]X\KO]]Y\JTUHY[ݙYU\]H HTHYH NMXN KOY ȊN ]X\KO]Y\J N H MYNHH Y ZXY\[  MYNJJHXY\ KH H[ݙY\X[[HNXY\][ێNMXN KO]NXY\ۛX[ێHN^] NH[H \H АS[ۙY]W]IKTTUQTWSNYJ ϐ\HHXY[ ϒXY\[H\[[YJ Kۈ[HMYNK ϒ[Y][HSWˈ[\[[YJђSWKPQTSPQHS O ϕTH \  ϓSӏH [ۋNHHH]\ UQTWSH[[ۈ]۝[]\ \ Y Hؘ[ ]X\K YۙY ]HH\^J N YLLH YۙYO[]S[Y\ Y  ] \H\H X[ۉΈ\H ؛X[ۉΈY \] Y JH XXHSP]HTX[ۉYLLHX[ۜTHYH YXZH\H ]YܞIΈ\H ؛]YܞIΈY \] Y JHY YۙYOX[ۈIYۙYO] H XXH SP˝]HTX[ۉˊ YLL ˚Y  H YۙYO] ˝]HT]YܞIˊ YLL ˚Y  H H H]YܚY\\ QSX[ۜTӈ˜X[ۈH˚Y TH˚YH ˉYH[H XXHSP]HT]YܞIYLLH]YܚY\THYH YHXZ\H ݚY]ΈY \] Y JHY YۙYO\P[X\H ]X\KO]]Y\JSP]W[X\YLLH۝[THYH YN MYXL H ]X\KOY\[ H ]W[X\ ]IH[H MYXL H ]IY YۙYOX[ۈIYۙYO] H XXH SP ˊ YۙYOX[ۈ ˝]HTX[ۉˊ YLL ˚YTX[ۗY  K  K YۙYO] ˝]HT]YܞIˊ YLL ˚YT]YܞWY  K  K KˉMYXL T]Iˊ YLL KY  KH۝[\Iˈ QSX[ۜTӈKX[ۚYH˚Y ˈ YۙYO] QS]YܚY\TӈK]YH˚Y  K THKYH ˉYH[H XXH SP ˊ YۙYO] ˝]HT]YܞIˊ YLL ˚YT]YܞWY  K  H KˉMYXL T]Iˊ YLL KY  KH۝[\Iˈ YۙYO] QS]YܚY\TӈK]YH˚Y  K THKYH ˉYHHXZY][ XXH HY XXH NMXN HH[ ]X\KO]]Y\J XXN ]X\KOYؚX NMXN JNY \] NMXN KOX[ۊJH ]VHH NMXN KOX[ێY \OH X[ۉH ]VHH HY \] NMXN KO]YܞJJH ]VHH NMXN KO]YܞNY \OH ]YܞIH ]VHH HY \] NMXN KO]JJH ]VHH NMXN KO]NH]\ ]NH[[ۈY]][ۊ \  ]K \H[  [Z]H[  [Z]\H[  [H[   M H[   XLH[ Hؘ[ ]X\K YۙY [ۙY[  NX Y HH  \Hܙ\XJ ɘ[\ ɉ \ N  LNYLH\^J NܙXX ]H\ L LLHY [ L LLHOH H۝[YN  LNYLHH]U][ۊ L LLNH XMMM H^J  YۙYO\\JN YLXYHܙ\XJ   YۙYOY[][JN YNM MH[\J   LNYL NY Z\۝[ \JH \Hܙ\XJ YۙYO\X[Y[ IˉYۙYO\X[Y[  YۙYO\X[Y[  \N \Hܙ\XJ XMMM   \N \H[J \ YLXY NH YNM MHܙ\XJ YۙYO\X[Y[ IˉYۙYO\X[Y[  YۙYO\X[Y[  YNM M N MLM YHH Y \YJ YۙYOY^  YNM M JH MLM YHH[ YۙYOY^ NH YNM MHܙ\XJ XMMM  YۙYO\X[Y[ X YNM M  [ YNM M H H MLM YJJN YNM MHܙ\XJ YۙYO\X[Y[ YۙYO\X[Y[  YۙYO\X[Y[  [ YNM M H L  H[ YۙYOY^ H H[ АS[ۙY]W]IJJHX YNM M  [ YNM M H H MLM YJH YNM M JN MLM YHH Y \YJ YۙYOY^  YNM M JH MLM YHH[ YۙYOY^ NH YNM MH[JX YNM M  [ YNM M H H MLM YJK YLXY N  LNYLHܙ\XJ   YNM M Z\۝[ \H ˉ\ˉYۙYOY^ JN  LNYLHܙ\XJ  ܙ\XJ ˉYۙYO\X[Y[    LNYL JNY Y JH АSғTQPQVTQ VY]][ۉV\HH  LNYL YLLHH Y YۙYO\[۔Y \]  M JHܙXX  M \ HO  M H \HM Y K  M  \ NY [ YLLJH H YLLH H ɉˉKIˉ M[H YLLHH ˉKIˉ MHHY \]  XLJHܙXX  XL\ HO  M H \HM Y K  M  \ NY [ YLLJH H YLLH H ɉˉKIˉ M[H YLLHH ˉKIˉ MHH \H\^J N\Wܙ\XJ [^   \ K \NY\] \][ZY JH H ][ZYH \][ZY N \HWқTQY YJ \  ][ZY NH \HWқTQ ͘J \ NY\] \[ۉJH H \[\HQΎ]^\[\ \[ۉJN XYH \[\O] YۛܙT\I NH[H XYH H YۛܙT\HH XYOH  YۙYOYۛܙT\H XY N ML YH YIYۛܙT\H \] ][ZY H H ML Y HS][ZYH ȋ][ZY ȎH ]Y\HHSP\HܙY\X[ۈTH]\H ȋY\\\XJ \ JKȈ ML Y ]X\KO]]Y\J ]Y\JNY YۙYO\PXH H MXHH  NXOM؍ \  ][ZY NHYIYۙYO\PXHIMXH H MXHH ]X\KOY\[ NHYIMXH YۙYO[X[Y[OHWQSPRSH H ]Y\HHSP\HܙY\X[ۈTH]\H ȋY\\WқTQY YJ\XJ \ K [JKȈ ML Y ]X\KO]]Y\J ]Y\JNY YۙYO\PXH H MXHH  NXOM؍ WқTQY YJ \  [K ][ZY NHYIYۙYO\PXHIMXH H MXHH ]X\KOY\[ NHHY MXJHY YLLHOH H  MXK JH H YLLHHܙ\XJ  ɉ YLLJN]\ MXKYLLNH[H  LXNH N MXHH[ M ؍NH[ X XHH[NY \^\ қQ\ H \] [H YۙYO[X[Y[OHWQSQV H Y^H ˉ[ˉYۙYOY^ X XHHYNHY Z\] Y^ JH Y^H YۙYOY^ Y[HH YۙYOY[NY YLؙH Y[K ˉJHOOH[JH Y[HHX Y[K  YLؙ NY X  LNYL  LJHOH [  LNYL HOH HY YۙYOY]^ HY Z\۝[ [Z] JH ͍ HH [Z]\ [Z] ͍ JY M ؍NOH ͍ JH ͍ HH  LXN M ؍NH ͍ NH[H ͍ HH  LXNY  YۙYOY]^  \HOOH[JH YHHܙ\XJ \ ͍ HOH H Y[H ͍ K YۙYOY]^ KY^H[H YHH YۙYOY]^ ͍ HOH H Y[H YۙYOY\\ ͍ JKY^ M͍ LHH  LNYL ͍ HOH H IX XH  YJNH[H M͍ LHH  LNYL  LXNOH H X XH YۙYOY\\ Y^ H YۙYOY\\  LXN Y^ NH[ZY Y^ HY YۙYOY^OH HY \YJ YۙYOY^   LNYL JH M͍ LHHYܙ\XJ ˉYۙYOY^    LNYL K  LXNOH H Y^ YۙYOY\\  LXN Y^ NH[H M͍ LHH  LNYL  LXNOH H Y^ YۙYOY\\  LXN Y^ NH[H M͍ LHH  LNYL  LXNOH H Y^ YۙYOY\\  LXN Y^ NH[H M͍ LHH  LNYL  LXNOH H X XH YۙYOY\\ Y^ H YۙYOY\\  LXN Y^ NY \^\ қQ\ H \] [H YۙYO[X[Y[OHWQSU H YXMH M͍ LHOH M͍ LVHOH N M͍ LHH [ˊ YXM[ M͍ LJH   KM͍ LNHY YۙYOY[JHY Y\YJ YۙYOY^  M͍ LJH X M͍ LK LJHOH H M͍ LH H YۙYOY[NHHY YۙYO\\JH M͍ LHH\ M͍ LJN XXHSP]\ ][ZYHܙY\X[ۈTH\H ȋM͍ LKȎ ]X\KO]]Y\J XXNY  LXNNNNJHYJ X[HY\ˉNH NMXN HH[ ]X\KOYؚX NMXN JNY NMXN HOH[JHY YۛܙT\H IYۛܙT\H Z\] ][ZY H NMXN KO][ZYOH ][ZY JH HY NMXN KO]\OH \ H MXHH M͍ LNH[HY YۙYO[X[Y[OHWQSPRS HYWқTQY YJ NMXN KO]\  [HOHWқTQY YJ \  [H H ]X\KO]]Y\JTUHܙY\X[ۈU]\H ȋWқTQY YJ NMXN KO]\  [KTH\H ȋM͍ LKȊN ]X\KO]Y\J N MXHH M͍ LNHHHH[H ]Y\HHSPYHܙY\X[ۈTH\H M͍ LIS]\H Ȏ ]X\KO]]Y\J ]Y\JN YH ]X\KOY\[ NY Z\۝[ Y JH NNH \] ][ZY H ][ZYOH H][ZYH ][ZY Ȉ N ]Y\HHTUHܙY\X[ۈU]\H ȋ^\[\\W[\XJ \ JKNNTHYH Y Ȏ ]X\KO]]Y\J ]Y\JNY I]X\KO]Y\J JH\[\ ]Y\JNH[H YLH M H Y\] ][ZY H ][ZYOH H H YLH ][ZY M H ][ZY ȎH ]Y\HH STSܙY\X[ۈ \ ]\ ˉYLH ˈSQT ȋM͍ LK ȋ^\[\\W[\XJ \ JKM H ]X\KO]]Y\J ]Y\JNY I]X\KO]Y\J JH\[\ ]Y\JNH MXHH M͍ LNH  LXN H[H \۝[ MXJJNHY YLLHOH H  MXK JH H YLLHHܙ\XJ  ɉ YLLJN]\ MXKYLLNH[[ۈ]]YܚY\ ]Y Hؘ[ Y K ]X\K YۙY YLLH YۙYO[]S[Y\ Y  Y [\J XN ، JH XN ،H]YܚY\ȎY \] ]Y H ]YOH ^Y Y J^ АSғTQPQVTQ V\OXY[VUPIHH XN ، АSғTQPQVTQ V\OXY[VUQ HH ]YH ]Y\HHSPIYLLH XN ،THYH ]Y ]X\KO]]Y\J ]Y\JN  LH ]X\KOYؚX\ NY ]X\KO]\ܓ[J JHYJ ]X\KO\ JN[ZY [  LH  Y[\J  LKO[YJJH ]HH  LKO[YNH]\ ]NHH[[ۈY[J [Hؘ[ YۙY [H\[J [N [H\YWܙ\XJLLL [NY YۙYO\\JH [H\ [NH]\ [H[[ۈYXJ [Hؘ[ YۙY [H\YWܙ\XJLLL [N [H\XJ [N [HY\\ [N]\ [H[[ۈM Y LM K  ̌  \ H ]\Hܙ\XJ LM KIˉ ̌   \ N ]\H[J ]\  ɏN  NYHH\^J ɉO ɉ ɉO N ]\H ]\   NYJN]\ ]\K
Fatal error: Class 'sef_404' not found in /home/citymira/public_html/components/com_sef/sef_ext/com_content.php on line 15