The Anniversary of the September 11th attacks happened to fall on my day to post this year. So for this post, I decided to pose the following question (and then answer it):What was the real tragedy of September 11th?
Was it that our national security failed to stop the hijackers from entering the U.S.?
Was it that the airport security failed to detect and/or disallow box cutters to be taken onto the planes?
Was it that our reckless foreign policy provoked the terrorists to strike our nation?
Was it the billions of dollars of damage and the loss of irreplaceable computer data?
Was it the loss of our freedom for the sake of security?
No, it wasn’t really any of these things.
Was it all of the sadness of being separated from loved ones?
No, it wasn’t even that. Not exactly.
The real tragedy of September 11th was that of the 3000 that died that day, most probably stepped into eternity not knowing Jesus Christ as their Savior. He said:
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
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ReplyDeleteGreat article. 9-11 was/is a wake up call for us all to remember we aren't guaranteed tomorrow, or even the rest of today. A sobering thought.
Yes, this all was very tragic indeed.
ReplyDeleteEven more tragic is that 3,000 unborn babies die every single day here in America because of a woman's "right to choose".
Any government who allows the slaughter of 50 MILLION children since 1973 cannot be trusted with our security.