the greatest of these is love

The mural that the Youth Art Team painted in May/June 2011, is the only thing remaining after about three weeks of demolition work that has taken down Immanuel Lutheran Church and School, trees, and a playground to make room for a new CVS Pharmacy that is already taking shape.

I toured Immanuel Lutheran just over a year ago, and the structure (both school and church) was in wonderful shape.  Now, it sits in a pile of concrete.   Such a visually powerful reminder that the Church is not a building!

Seeing the mural so visible amidst beautiful buildings that were so quickly reduced to rubble has had me thinking 1 Corinthians 13:13 everytime I survey the scene.  Only faith, hope, and love remain.  And the greatest of these is love.  

God is Love and Love is Power!