Coventry

We moved to Coventry in February and this week took the opportunity of a break from work to visit the city centre and be a tourist.

We wandered in to the centre looking for a place a friend had told us about to eat lunch. On the way we discovered Coventry's first cathedral - destroyed by greedy Henry VIII. My mind became confused because I thought the old cathedral had been destroyed during the war! I remember being taken to the new and old cathedrals as a child and this one didn't fit the bill.

During a delightful lunch sat in the sun I spotted the shape I remembered of the new cathedral building. So, after lunch we set off in the direction and quickly found both the present day cathedral and the bombed cathedral. I was amazed to discover that Coventry has had 3 in it's history!

I wonder if at any time these wonderful and immense buildings have seen spirit filled worship. To imagine a weekly meeting in these places with over 1000 people giving glory to God! What would the acoustics be like?

Woshipping God in an awesome cathedral or worshipping God in a converted cattle shed makes no difference to either God or the worshipper. But sometimes these magnificent buildings can act as a starting place for a pilgrim looking for the answer and finding it in a wonderful loving Father God.