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Where Were You...Where Was God? |
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| REMEMBERING 9/11 |
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There is one God, and one mediator between God and humans, the person
Jesus Christ (1 Timothy 2:5).
If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would
not fear....
You say you will never forget where you were when you
heard the news On September 11, 2001. Neither will I.
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I was on the 110th floor
in a smoke filled room with a man who called his wife to say "Good-Bye."
I held his fingers steady as he dialed.
I gave him the peace to say,
"Honey, I am not going to make it, but it is
OK...I am ready to go."
I was with his wife
when he called as she fed breakfast to their children.
I held her up as she tried to understand his words
and as she realized he wasn't coming home that night.
I was in the stairwell
of the 23rd floor when a woman cried out to Me for help.
"I have been knocking on the door of your heart for 50
years!" I said.
"Of course I will show you the way home - only believe
in Me now."
I was at the base of the building
with the Priest ministering to the injured and devastated souls.
I took him home to tend to his Flock in Heaven.
He heard my voice and answered.
I was on all four of those planes,
in every seat, with every prayer. I was with the crew as they were
overtaken.
I was in the very hearts of the believers there, comforting
and
assuring them that their faith has saved them.
I was in Texas, Kansas, London.
I was standing next to you when you heard the terrible news.
Did you sense Me? I want you to know that I saw every face.
I knew every name - though not all know Me. Some met Me for
the first time on the 86th floor.
Some sought Me with their last breath.
Some couldn't hear Me
calling to them through the smoke and flames;
"Come to Me... this way... take my hand."
Some chose, for the final time, to ignore Me.
But, I was there.
I did not place you in the Tower that day.
You may not know why, but I do. However, if you were there
in that explosive moment in time, would you have reached for
Me?
September 11, 2001 was not the end of the journey for you.
But someday your journey will end. And I will be
there for you as well. Seek Me now while I may be
found. Then, at any moment, you know you are "ready to
go."
I will be in the stairwell of your final moments.
God
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...Yet neither distance, time, space, nor event makes any difference.
He is praying for me.
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