911

     September 11 brings about memories.  For one, it is my Mother's birthday.  Had she lived, she would be 98 years young.  However, September 11 also bring about another memory, the attack on and the destruction of the World Trade Center.  The attack was a complete surprise to the American people just as was the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Thankfully, the American people were strong enough to cleanup, reconstruct, and recover from the destruction of the World Trade Center. 

     We were considered a "sleeping giant" when Pearl Harbor was attacked.  I believe we are a "sleeping people" today.  We are looking inward instead of outward.  We are a separated people in beliefs, values, and cultural situations.  The questions to really be asked is, "Will we be a 'sleeping people'  when Jesus comes in the air to take His people home?   Will the ones left behind be shaken to the core? 

     I pray to look outward in hope and in love for others, with a courage to present Jesus, who is the Savior of the world.  Only through Jesus will there be eternal life.  One day the world will once again be shaken.  One day the world, as we know it, will disappear.