I can remember back to the morning of Sept 11, 2001. I’d woke up at 5:00 AM as always and was reading in my bible while drinking a cup of coffee. Going about my day as usual. I was reading in the book of Matthew in the 24th chapter where it said
“And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet”
I’d read this scripture many times before but this time was different and the Lord burdened my heart to pray for our nation and pray deeply for my family and other lost individuals. It was as if the Holy Spirit Himself had carried me from the couch that was in our living room, down the hall and into our bedroom. I knelt and began praying…..the more I prayed the stronger the urgency grew to pray harder. I was so caught up in the Spirit that it’s as if I couldn’t get humble enough or low enough to the ground to continue speaking to the Lord. I was laying completely prone as I fervently prayed for our nation and for my family.
When I was finished praying I went to wake the kids up to eat breakfast and start school.
I homeschooled our four kids then and I was in the middle of teaching when the phone rang. It was a friend of mine calling to tell me to turn on the television. The kids and I went to the living room and turned on the TV just as the second tower was hit. My heart broke as we watched the news that morning.
Eighteen years later as they replay segments of the news from back then my mind quickly takes me back to that day just as if it was yesterday. I will never forget the terror that could be heard in the people’s screams that day as they were frantically looking for ways to reach a place of safety and trying to escape the flames that were surrounding them.
I can also remember the unity that our country had during this time and how people were seeking out churches and filing through the doors in large numbers and ready to give their hearts and lives to Christ.
How quickly our lives went on and how quickly we forgot what was done to our free country. How quickly we forgot how our country was maliciously attacked and almost 3,000 lives lost that day and many families forever changed…. and how quickly our morals decayed and declined.
My heart is constantly burdened. I continue to pray and I feel honored that the Lord put that great burden on my heart to pray early that morning before I or anyone else ever knew what would take place a few hours later. I find hope in Gods Word that He showed me that morning when He says…. “be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet”
This day is hard. I had and still have family and friends that served our country and fought for our freedom and safety. I had and still have family and friends that are firemen, first responders, paramedics and policemen. I’m thankful for their service and putting their lives on the line for us daily. This day is hard….
but we have to remember just as God said….. be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet”
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