It appears there is little hope for the astronauts onboard the Columbia. I happened to be listening to a Christian radio station while running some errands this afternoon, and they were speaking with Dr. Joe Stowell of the Moody Bible Institute, who was apparently in Texas when NASA lost contact with Columbia. I appreciated the thoughts he shared over the radio; following are those thoughts as best I can recollect.
Dr. Stowell spoke of the timing of this tragedy, coming amidst growing tensions with Iraq, the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, the economy, the backdrop of 9/11. We live in a complex world, filled with so much evil, and an event like this brings all of those emotions back to the surface. He touched upon God’s comfort as experienced by the psalmist in the 42nd Psalm. He concluded by wondering how we would cope with the despair and emotions if we didn’t have the hope and knowledge that God is working throughout history for good and to bring glory to his name. The interviewer then asked Dr. Stowell to close in prayer, and I think it would be fitting to end this entry in prayer.
Dear Lord, our Savior and our God, we seek after you in our imperfect ways; fill us with the desire to pursue your kingdom, and the eyes to discern the world we find ourselves in. We pray that you might grant the families of the astronauts extraordinary comfort as they struggle to cope with their losses. We pray that the Christians involved in this situation would shine forth your love, undimished by Satan’s evil, and that your name would be glorified. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Amen.
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