Today let us pause to remember those who were killed 5 years ago and those who have been killed since while fighting our enemy. Let us also reflect on how far our country has come since that day.
I found an anonymous quote called "Let's Talk about Love." I love to be reminded how Americans can come together in such times of need, how much love there is in this country, and how many heroes we have living among us.
It's the kind of love that lets a man put his two-month-old child into someone else's arms so he can try to help make sure that the doomed aircraft he is riding on is not used as a flying bomb.
The kind of love that makes a firefighter run into a teetering skyscraper in the hope that he can rescue the people trapped inside, only to have that building collapse on him and more than a hundred of his brother firefighters.
The kind of love that allows another firefighter to shrug off his injuries, saying "Whatya expect? I'm a New Yorker!" And then burst into tears, thinking of his fallen buddy, who has ten children.
The kind of love that creates a convoy of physicians and nurses heading for New York City, riding in ambulances and their own vehicles, not knowing how much help they can be, but just wanting to help.
The kind of love that causes people the country over to stop and give blood, because that's the only way they can help.
The kind of love that permits a community like ours to put aside everything to come together and stand against those who would harm our own.
This country, and the free world beside us, stands shocked and dismayed. We are angry, and justifiably so. We have been attacked by people with no desire but to make us afraid, to make us hurt, perhaps even to make us hate the way they do. Maybe they do this because they know no other way; I personally do not care for their motives. I know that whatever their ultimate goals, they have failed already. They attempted to sow fear, and instead reaped heroism.
We are dealing with people who will die in order to kill, so great is their hate. But they are dealing with a people who will give their lives to save the lives of people they don't even know, so great is our love. In the end, how can they possibly stand against that?
Pray today for all the families who were touched on September 11, 2001. Pray for all Americans, pray for our leadership, and pray for our military as they continue to protect us and our freedoms.
God Bless America!!!
1 comment:
This was a perfect posting for this day. We should always remember when others took away our countrymen and those men and women of other countries. We should be very thankful we do live in a country in which our fellow countrymen come forth to give of themselves to help their neighbor, no matter who they may be and to fight for our country. Our servicemen and women give so much for our defense. Their families do too. I thank God daily for the wonderful people of our nation who are willing to help as they can; police, fireman, doctors, nurses, Red Cross workers to name a few and all of our military.
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