Friday September 11 2015  REMEMBERING 14 YEARS AGO

Today is the kind of day that one remembers exactly where you were, and when you first heard the news of the tragedy of the collapse of the Twin Towers.  Probably like it was for the people who were alive when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor or the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated.  I was not yet alive on the day Pearl Harbor was bombed but I vividly remember the Kennedy assassination.  And I will never forget Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001.  It was the day our country changed forever. 

It was a day when true evil of the world reared its head, and unfortunately, it has never gone back to sleep.  I am studying the book of Isaiah in the Bible and for the first time I am understanding the part that evil plays in the end times when God judges the earth and its inhabitants.  I see all the pieces of the end times coming together and understand more fully that there are certain situations that must come to pass before Jesus returns to earth to greet the righteous in the air.  I certainly want to be ready for that day if it happens in my lifetime. 

There is so much that I could expound on here but I feel so inadequate not knowing and remembering the scriptures in detail and I am concerned that I would not be able to get the story across as the Bible lays it out.  If you are interested, I recommend you go to the web and google “Calvary Chapel Modesto” and click on “THRU THE BIBLE” and take a peek at the book of Isaiah and Revelation.  Actually it would be to your advantage to listen to the entire series so you will really know what is coming down the pike.  It is about the most interesting story of both history, and of the future, that I have ever read.  I wish my brain was big enough to take it all in and remember all I have read or listened to.  I will just leave this topic with the comment that as long as I live, and do not suffer from dementia, I shall never forget the horror of this day fourteen years ago, and all the sorrow so many families and millions of Americans suffered because of another’s evil hatred.   And the saddest part is, that that evil and hatred has grown exponentially over the years.

IN MEMORY OF 9/11

By Kathleen Martens

September 11, 2015

A time of grief and so much sorrow,

A pain that lingers in all tomorrows.

So long ago, but yesterday to some,

To those who’s loved ones, forever gone.

The road of memory paved with pain.

So many people never regained.

Sons and daughters, moms and dads,

The deepest sorrow that can be had.

A grief so deep and forever raw,

A constant pain that forever gnaws.

And one day silently, it is put away

Just to survive for one more day.

My heart feels such deep grief

For all the hearts that need relief.

So many scars of injured souls

From the disaster so long ago.

No words I say can ever heal

The deep sorrow I know you feel.

So I grieve for what you’ve lost,

And wish I could share your great cost.

Just know that the world has not forgotten,

Your parents, loved ones, or your begotten.

Your pain is also ours to bear,

Just remember, your sorrow we share.

After writing the above poem all else that I accomplished today or thought to write in my blog, pales in comparison to how I feel right now.  My pain is deep and my sorrow is real for the families who suffered so greatly in this great terrorist act remembered on this day, the 14^th anniversary.  Tears sting my eyes and my heart cries for what that day did to so many lives, both those who were killed so needlessly, and family members left behind to grieve such a horrendous loss.  And my heart is so saddened by what has happened and is still happening in the world to so many others all because of evil and hatred of man toward man.

I will close as I can no longer see through my tears.

I pray God will be with you at the close of this day and in the tomorrows to come.  I pray that he will lead you beside still waters and restore your soul and though we all someday will walk in the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil for God is with us.  I close with Psalms 23:

Psalms

23 The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
² He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
³ He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
⁶ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell^[a] in the house of the Lord
Forever.