DAY OF EVIL: 9-11-01

Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
Jeremiah 17:18

I am sitting here watching FOX NEWS as they replay the 9/11/01 morning news show from that awful day six years ago. And I am crying. To see that first tower on fire as they report that a plane has crashed into it brings back the feelings that surged through me that day. It was a terrible tragedy and we wondered for a few minutes about how that could have happened. And then the 2nd plane slammed into the 2nd tower and we realized that something terribly wrong was happening right here in America. The tears in our eyes, the fear in our minds, and the chill in our hearts came upon us....

Watching the replay of Andy Card as he comes in and interrupts President Bush while he is reading to school children.... chills all over again.

Watching the footage of men with the NYFD as they approach the towers on fire and to know that many of those men in just a few minutes would perish and enter eternity either saved and in heaven or lost and in hell as the mighty Twin Towers crumbled and crashed down upon them.... and the tears flow more.

Watching the replay as the newscasters report that the Pentagon had been hit and then the plane crash in PA and wondering who and what and where was next...chills all over again.

The evil was everywhere. It permeated that very day.... chills all over again.

Watching the replay of President Bush as he gives his first address on the news and how he rose to the occasion as our Commander in Chief. How thankful we were that he was in that Oval Office and NOT Al Gore.... chills all over again.

May we NEVER FORGET the terror that was perpetrated on every American on that September morning.

Our churches were full on Sunday, September 16, 2001. We all cried and begged God to have mercy on America and to please help us through the dark days of the aftermath of the attack. The churches weren't quite as full on the following Sunday. And soon we were back to our mostly normal numbers in attendance and back to an almost normal way of life. (It will NEVER be like it was pre-9/11.) But we Americans were strong. We wanted to get back to normality... back to the business of our daily lives, back to our fun past times. We wanted to forget that there was (and still is) an enemy out there seeking to destroy us. Basically, that enemy hates us because we love God. (As ungodly as America by and large is becoming day by day, we are still known as a Christian nation. May God please help us, His faithful Remnant.) As I watch Fox News this morning, they have the banner reading: 9-11 "The Day America Changed." I am reminded and am so thankful that we serve the True and Living God Who NEVER changes.

May we never forget that this is a spiritual war as well as a physical war. May we never forget our men and women around the world who are fighting for our freedom. Our enemy is empowered by Satan and seeks to bring down America and all that is good about our Country. Thank God that we know the END OF THE STORY and WHO wins the final battle to be fought on this earth. Let us all be busy about our Father's business for who knows how much longer our freedoms will stand that enable us to labor for the Master.