9/11, a day that we will NEVER forget. We will always remember where we were when we heard/saw that fateful news.
I, 14 years old was in England with one of my best friends Kirsty. We were inseparable and would walk to her house for lunch everyday, That day we were watching MTV as a news flash came across the screen. We changed the channel and sat there astonished until it was time to go back to school.
It wasn't our country and at that point I had no idea I would be living here, but we felt their pain and our hearts went out to all effected by the days events.
Today I make jokes about how I'm not American, that I'm British through and through, but really a piece of my heart belongs to this country. How could it not? I have lived here for 6 years, am married to an American and my son is an American citizen. I enjoy many of the freedoms of this country.
Regardless of nationality, their is some innate human connection that pulls us to those that suffer. That day didn't just change America, it changed the world. And so it should.
9/11 ten years later my brother and sister in-law and my precious nieces were driving back to Idaho from a weekend with us in Utah. They hit a deer and it was a bad hit, it totaled their car. Their wind shield caved into their faces, yet not one of them had a scratch on them.
Some asked why God would let such a thing happen 10 years ago. One of the greatest gifts God has given us is agency. But with that agency men are able to choose to do evil. 10 years ago men did an act that defines evil and killed many people. But today in a moment that could have ended the lives of our precious family, God intervened and kept them safe. God is great and he loves ALL of children. He is a God of miracles and he is mindful of us always. As he was with Megan, Joe, Lula and Ellie today, I know without a doubt he was with every single person effected by that awful day.
As we remember those who were lost it is up to us to be the change in the world that we want to see.
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