Have We Forgotten?

Are we afraid to talk about it? Or are we just trying to block it out so we won't have to think about it? Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on...(shameless Beatles plug!)

Here's what's bothering me this morning: I just did a search through all my bookmarked blogs. These are the guys/gals that I read on a regular basis. Some of them are "high profile" spiritual leaders, others are more like me - just an average guy who happens to lead a church.

But here's what they all had in common - none of them blogged a word about the anniversary of 9/11. Why not?

Maybe (I'm hoping, at least) they're like me. I spent some time yesterday watching video of that day of infamy. I spent some time remembering how I felt when I walked into the house and saw the Twin Towers collapse. I remembered the feelings of helplessness as I watched thousands of people die right in front of my eyes.

I spent some time remembering how eerily quiet everything seemed that night as I lay in bed wondering what would happen on 9/12. I spent some time thinking about how parents, husbands, wives, children and friends felt that day, knowing their loved one wasn't coming home again.

I remember feeling such a sense of grief and loss, even though I didn't personally lose anyone on that day. Thousands of fellow Americans lost their lives that day just because they got up and went to work.

I remember putting an American flag on my car.

I remember thinking, "This changes everything." There was a sense of comradery. There was a sense of resolve that as Americans we must confront this evil and make sure it never happens again. But it seems today that we have forgotten much, if not all, of that resolve.

REMEMBER...that should be the operative word on 9/11.

Remember the families who lost loved ones and pray for them. Remember those who willingly stepped up and gave their lives that day to help rescue the perishing. Remember the first Americans who struck back at the evil on Flight 93 by taking out the terrorists and preventing them for completing their "mission." Remember those who have served our country by taking the fight to our enemy's backyard.

We owe it to the almost 3000 who died that day and the thousands of service personnel who have died since while engaged in this fight to keep this day alive in our hearts and minds. Let us not forget!

Comments

[Loretta]

I haven't forgotten!

Partly I'm out of things to say, so thank you for saying it for me. Partly I'm so discouraged by how quickly we've forgotten and how much things have changed this year that I think it's no use. But I haven't forgotten.

Thanks for a good post that I didn't read until now.