MAY 15 "THE CHURCH - UGLY BUT BEAUTIFUL"
When it was built for an international exposition
in the last century, the structure was called monstrous by the citizens of the
city, who demanded it be torn down as soon as the exposition was over. Yet from
the moment its architect first conceived it, he took pride in it and loyally
defended it from those who wished to destroy it. He knew it was destined for
greatness. Today it is one of the architectural wonders of the modern world and
stands as the primary landmark of Paris ,
France . The
architect, of course, was Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. His famous tower was built
in 1889. In the same way we are struck by Jesus' loyalty to another structure, the
church; which he entrusted to an unlikely band of disciples, whom he defended,
prayed for, and prepared to spread the gospel. To outsiders they (and we) must
seem like incapable blunderers, but Jesus, the architect of the church, knows
this structure is destined for greatness when he returns and He defends with a
passions equaled to and even greater than that of Alexander Eiffel defended his
tower known today as simply "the Eifel Tower".
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