Never Forget

Today marks seven years since we were attacked on our own soil by Islamic terrorists bent on destroying this country. Like those extremely significant events in our lives, I'm sure you remember where you were and what you were doing the moment you learned of this cowardly, evil attack on our freedoms.

Take time to remember those who lost their lives that day. Remember. We must remember this day. It should be ingrained in our consciousness like the attack on Pearl Harbor was on that Greatest Generation. Never forget, lest we become complacent and get attacked again. Seven years, no attacks. That's significant, but we need to remain diligent, so we can have another seven years of no attacks, and another and another. Never forget.

We remember , not only those horrific scenes of the planes hitting those buildings in New York and Washington, D.C. and that field in Pennsylvania, but the scenes of heroism. The firefighters and policemen trudging up those stairs to save people they did not know and mostly never would. Carrying those who could not walk. Evacuating the people while the steel skeleton of the World Trade Center creaked and groaned as the heat from the fire caused by all that jet fuel weakened and melted the core of those buildings. Heroes every one of them. Never forget.

And there are those who would ask, "Where was God that day?" Well, He was there for sure. For all those that escaped those buildings, He was there. For all those who were late to work that day and missed the attacks, He was there. For those heroic souls on United flight 93 who would not allow those Islamic terrorists to accomplish their dastardly plan, He was there. For all those who lost a loved one in the attacks, He was there. For those who ministered to the hurt and frightened, He was there. He's there now wanting everyone to look to Him for peace and comfort. God is there. He was there in the planes as the Islamic terrorists slammed them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. You see, God gives us free will to exercise even if it results in something as heinous as these attacks.

Remember this day as long as you live. Remember, another, more significant thing and that is God is in control, He loves you and He has His loving arms stretched out to you inviting you into His family. Will you accept the invitation?

God bless you and God bless America!