I Still Remember. Do you?

According to wikipedia...

"The September 11 attacks (often referred to as September 11th or 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.[2][3] The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.

The death toll of the attacks was 2,996, including the 19 hijackers..."

I was getting ready to head into the office that morning when the attacks took place. The news was reporting the fact that there was a hole in one of the World Trade Center buildings. I had no idea what kind of plane it was. My wife asked me what was going on and I remember telling her that I thought some poor pilot had accidentally crashed into a building in New York. It was about that time that the second plane crashed into the other building. In that moment I knew that this was a planned attack on our country.

We sat their amazed by what we were seeing. My children were just two and four. They did not have a clue as to why we were so shocked and perplexed.

I missed my morning meetings that day. The staff and I gathered for prayer around mid-day. Once the towers had fallen and the skies over our nation were cleared and it was obvious what had happened, several pastors from our city planned prayer vigils at our churches and a joint one later in the week. All we could do was pray.

Do you remember that day and where you were and how you got through it?

Let's be sure and pray for the families that lost loved ones that day and in the subsequent wars that were caused by those attacks. Let's be sure and pray for our nation's security and for the men and women in uniform that are protecting us today. Let's also pray for the salvation of Jesus Christ to come to these angry lost people that see no greater value in their life than to create death with it. Their hope, our hope, and the hope of the whole world hinges on a world-wide spiritual awakening where families of all colors and nationalities turn to Jesus.