“I was terrified. I thought it was a plane crash or an explosion. I saw a huge streak across the sky.” Those are the words of Michael Garnett, after he had been blasted out of bed in his apartment in Chelyabinsk, Russia, when the area was struck by a 10 ton meteor last month. The meteor was moving 54,000 kilometers an hour as it entered the atmosphere, and disintegrated about 50 kilometers above the earth. Garnett, a Canadian now playing hockey in Russia, certainly had a rude awakening as a result of this extremely rare event. It shows the uncertainty of life and how vulnerable we are on this planet doesn’t it? But we’ve been warned, “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.” While there are many things, such as meteors which we really can’t be ready for, we can be prepared if blasted into the next life. The preparation comes by heeding the sage advice, “Seek the Lord while He may be found.”

Pastor Alex Rockwell