Worn... but not home yet.I was challenged this morning with an inevitable question from a three year old. The question was "Why is that man putting up another flag?" I gave him the short answer of this being a day do remember what happened and another Tuesday six years ago. That people died and we want to remember them. He asked subsequent questions like "How did they die?" and "why did the bad guys want to crash the planes?". And you would think that after six years I could answer those questions without emotion but I didn’t and salty water filled my eyes.
The blessing in all of this was that I was not saddened by the number of people who died that day but at the thought of the souls in those buildings who were lost in sin and taken by another's sin. I know that because God is sovereign all was and is not without purpose. It is my prayer that we who know Him will be ready to share with those still distraught by circumstances in tis life, that He is good and therefore causes all things for good. We may never see or understand the good of the events which devastated so many in the U.S. on September 11, 2001, while we walk in this world. We can however have comfort and trust in the One who does.
Blessings on this eventful day,
Nanci Lea
