Live it
One of my first jobs after being married and starting a family was as a draftsman for a structural engineer. Our office was on the nineteenth floor of what used to be called, the First National Bank Building. The principal in the firm was Warner Howe, the city's resident expert in matters of earthquakes. If you don't know it already, Memphis is positioned squarely on the New Madrid fault that formed the 18,000 square acre Reelfoot Lake in 1811. The quakes that formed it were likely off the scale, had the Richter scale been invented. The last one was one of the strongest ever recorded on the North American continent with tremors felt as far as 1,200 miles away.

What you also may not realize is the fact the bluff of Memphis is mostly sand. I was told our skyscraper was designed by Warner with a foundation that extended as far into the ground as it did above it. I still remember the building moaning on a windy day because of the high winds coming off the Mississippi River. I asked what was the source of the noise and was told it was the structure giving way. "Excuse me?" I responded. Then the engineer told me the mostly steel building frame was constructed with expansion joints that allowed it to shift rather than shake should a tornado or earthquake strike. "What about that one, I asked," pointing to the taller 100 North Main building visible from our office window. "That one," he said, "is not constructed for seismic resistance but constructed of reinforced concrete, and I've never walked within a mile of it." I was glad to know we were prepared for disaster, but it didn't stop me from getting a job on the ground several miles away.

Pray it
If anything's been consistent about my life it's the fact I'm always changing. Thank You, Father, You never have!

Resources
Psalms is primarily the personal prayer journal of David. (2000)
If conviction validates the child of God, then compromise exposes a cheap imitation. (2001)
Holiness is learning to live like Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit.. (2003)
God hates sin and so should we. (2004)
It's not enough to offer thanksgiving, we should be thanks-living. (2005)
Are we on God's side? (2008)
It's never too late to do the right thing (2009)

1. One-minute Devotionals began on January 2, 2006 and are the original creation of James R. Green, Prayertower Webservant Content is derived from his alternating and sequential survey of both the Old and New Testament to offer insight on Scripture.
2. Resources are derived from daily devotions of James R. Green called, Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003), Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004), Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005) and One Minute Devotional (2006-2008).
3. Scripture: God's Word Translation (c)1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All Rights Reserved.

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