The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, blessed be the name of the Lord

This was the first shot that greeted me on my way to work/the office today (handy having camera phones sometimes).
All in all, it really has been an amazing day. Obviously no office... So lots to do for the Barneys staff to work out where to go from here - as well as for Bec and others figuring out what was lost in the Credo office and what can be replaced.
But I was so greatly encouraged to go up to Ian Powells house with about 20 others and spend some great time in prayer for the ministry of the servant Barneys building, thanksgiving to God for all that He has done through that building and for all that He is doing and will be doing for His people, the true/real church. It was a good time to remember, as most people there were doing - that although it is undeniably sad that this building has been lost - it is the people and the Lord that set it apart.


I must say that I did find it a little strange that people laid flowers there at the gate - but perhaps it is an expression from some of the community as a recognition that something has been lost.
Pls keep the Barneys ministry team in your prayers as they have many plans to make over the next little while. Pls also pray for the great time and witness that this can be as the media has been giving it a lot of attention. Our Lord and Saviour's work, people and mission will never be confined in walls...