The Morning After 9/11
The morning after. As I write this it is almost exactly 24 hours since the first airliner struck the World Trade Centre in New York. By the time you read this you will not only have seen the images on television, but will have heard all the reactions to the attack; probably over and over again. By the time you read this we may also know how the United States will react to this unprecedented attack. One thing is sure. On Tuesday the world changed.
What can we do to help? First, we must continue with the Church’s first line of action and defence. We must pray. Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, suggests we focus our prayer on four areas:
all involved in emergency services in New York and other affected areas.
that the American leadership will be granted wisdom to deal with this horrific situation.
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Let’s also pray that justice will be done.
Other than prayer? As I write, I’m hearing that there is a need for blood donors and the Red Cross is taking donations of money.
What else to say? All the usual questions rise up. Who? Why? How? I don’t know. But let me tell you what I do know. This may be big. But the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is bigger. In the words of Psalm 46, though “the nations are in an uproar,” and “the kingdoms totter,” though “the earth should change,” “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
And know that Jesus is already in the situation. He was there on Tuesday – among the passengers on the airliners, with the emergency service people, under the rubble and in the White House.
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that was wonderful. thank you for sharing that.