St. Matthews Anglican Church - Riverview, Florida
St Matthews Newsletter - May 2004
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts:1:8 (KJV) During the early 1990's I worked as contact computer specialist assigned to work for Martin Marietta. It was a good job and it gave me the flexibility I needed as I prepared for the priesthood and later as I was a bi-vocational priest when I was the Vicar at St. Luke's in Port Orange, Florida. When I went to work at Martin they assigned me to work at their "All Up Round" facility where they did the final assembly of the Patriot missile and other ordinance. The thing that made the biggest impression on me was the doors and walls of the buildings not the special pass I had to get in, the lab coat that had to be worn or the special shoes that were issued to me that were conductive and could not be worn out side especially when there was a thunder storm present in the area. The reason doors and walls were so interesting is that the doors were designed to close automatically if there was a fire or an explosion and the walls were made to channel an explosion to the outside whether you were trapped in the area with it or not. The buildings were designed to limit the loss of life and the amount of damage possible in the event of an accident. It made one realized just how powerful the stuff you were around really was and made you think twice about working there. Our Lord understood the importance of energy and power. When He ascended into heaven He did not want His disciples and those who followed them to be powerless or alone in attempting to live the Christian life and proclaiming the kingdom of God to the world. To this end He promised to send them the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, to comfort and empower them to carry out the great commission He had given them. The very power of the Holy Spirit, that created the heavens and the earth and empowered the prophets of the Old Testament and the disciples of the New Testament, is available to any believer who calls upon God for comfort, assistance or the grace to face the challenges of living the day-by-day life of a Christian. One who believes in Christ never has to be alone for He is always with them. We have a constant source of energy and power to draw upon to endure and to overcome all of life's adventures and problems and this energy and power is only a prayer away. The very power of the Holy Spirit, that created the heavens and the earth and empowered the prophets of the Old Testament and the disciples of the New Testament, is available to any believer who calls upon God for comfort, assistance or the grace to face the challenges of living the day-by-day life of a Christian. One who believes in Christ never has to be alone for He is always with them. We have a constant source of energy and power to draw upon to endure and to overcome all of life's adventures and problems and this energy and power is only a prayer away. One who believes in Christ never has to be alone for He is always with them. We have a constant source of energy and power to draw upon to endure and to overcome all of life's adventures and problems and this energy and power is only a prayer away. In Christ Service,
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