In God We Trust

I read the following shortly after September 11, 2001 and after reading it again today, am reminded of the unity and comraderie that we had in the aftermath of this horrific event. There are few events and images that have shaken America and the world to its core and had everyone transfixed. Of course, television hasn't been around for all of them, but most notably, the death of President Kennedy, the death of Diana (although not an attack, a shock nonetheless), and now the images of September 11, 2001. I was less than two years old when Kennedy was shot, but in watching the retrospectives over time, grainy as they are, I can't help but to imagine that the sadness and the way we feel about the events of September 11 in some way reflects the shock and horror Americans felt they were experiencing then as well. It only takes a couple of good pictures from either of these events, to know what Americans were feeling. In both cases, there was, and for us still remains, such uncertainty about the future, such shock that anyone could, indeed even would, think to commit such atrocities. It is still so very unthinkable, but this is the world in which we now live. Despite border control issues and things that we think are so important on a daily basis, tragedy has a way of driving us to our knees, to realize what's important...and to God. He can make himself known even in the worst of circumstances, our job is just to trust and hold tight to His promises.

He Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you' —Hebrews 13:5

Thank heaven!

On Monday We E-mailed Jokes
Author Unknown

On Monday we emailed jokes.
On Tuesday we did not.

On Monday we thought that we were secure.
On Tuesday we learned better.

On Monday we were talking about heroes as being athletes.
On Tuesday we relearned who our heroes are.

On Monday we were irritated that our rebate checks had not arrived.
On Tuesday we gave money away to people we had never met.

On Monday there were people fighting against praying in schools.
On Tuesday you would have been hard pressed to find a school where someone was not praying.

On Monday people argued with their kids about picking up their room.
On Tuesday the same people could not get home fast enough to hug their kids.

On Monday people were upset that they had to wait 6 minutes in a fast food drive through line.
On Tuesday people didn't care about waiting up to 6 hours to give blood for the dying.

On Monday we waved our flags signifying our cultural diversity.
On Tuesday we waved only the American flag.

On Monday there were people trying to separate each other by race, sex, color and creed.
On Tuesday they were all holding hands.

On Monday we were men or women, black or white, old or young, rich or poor, gay or straight, Christian or non-Christian.
On Tuesday we were Americans.

On Monday politicians argued about budget surpluses.
On Tuesday grief stricken they sang 'God Bless America'.

On Monday the President was going to Florida to read to children.
On Tuesday he returned to Washington to protect our children.

On Monday we had families.
On Tuesday we had orphans.

On Monday people went to work as usual.
On Tuesday they died.

On Monday people were fighting the 10 commandments on government property.
On Tuesday the same people all said 'God help us all' while thinking 'Thou shall not kill'.

It is sadly ironic how it takes horrific events to place things into perspective, but it has. The lessons learned this week, the things we have taken for granted, the things that have been forgotten or overlooked, hopefully will never be forgotten again.
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