In the days, weeks, months and years following the horrific "9-11" tragedy, we tried to process something we had never experienced before. Shocked, saddened, angry and seeking our way through the unthinkable, we wondered where to begin. A local congregation held an emergency prayer service that night. It was unlike any other service I have attended. We learned that the most important things we could do...was to look to Him...and pray. We had no answers. We were overwhelmed. But He was with us. He is still with us. He hears us.
Whitney Houston once sang a song with these lyrics: "I look to you, I look to you. After all my strength is gone, in you I can be strong. I look to you. I look to you. And when melodies are gone,
in you I hear a song. I look to you."
As we remember that horrific time in our lives, I pray we will continue to look to Him. Not just on the "9-11" anniversary. Not just in times of war and dissention. Not just in times of stress and uncertainty. Not just in times of pain and turmoil. Not just when we don't know what else to do. But each moment of every day. It's time for our country, our congregations, our families, our relationships and our individual lives to return to focus on Him above all else. He is with us. He knows what we face. He will never leave us. He cares. He listens. He loves.♥~thl
"I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." ~Jesus (John 16: 33)
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