Oklahoma Explosion and the Power of Prayer
Some of you may have seen it on the national news. Some of you live here in Oklahoma City and heard the blast for yourself. This weekend has been one for the books as far as I'm concerned. At 3:15 a.m. on Saturday morning, my husband and I shot up from our bed as a loud sound boomed through our home. A split second later, our home alarm squealed through the air as the previous noise had triggered the 'break glass' function near our back door. What we didn't know then was that deafening noise that filled our house was the result of a gas explosion only a street or two away. The impact shook the back of our home, triggering our alarm and shaking loose some of our framing and exterior. As I crept through the dark interior of our house, my husband talked to the alarm company through what we heard not knowing if it was an intruder or something else. They said they'd send out a cruiser, but without the siren, as our concern was...