Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
On a day like today, when we remember the sadness and tragedy of ten years ago, we should especially be able to recite this verse with fervency and gratefulness. For when this world falls apart and things happen that make absolutely no sense to us, we can still take heart in the fact that we have a God who has provided a way for us to have a living hope through the new birth that we experience when we become children of Him.
I have that living hope - a hope that is difficult to explain - but one that gives this life a whole other dimension. I pray for those who lost loved ones ten years ago and that they have found the living hope that comes through faith in Christ. I'm not sure I would be able to make it through a tragedy like that without the assurance of the promises that faith in Jesus provides.
Ten years later...it has gone fast, hasn't it? And there have been so many other tragedies in those ten years that other people have gone through, and we will experience more in the future. "For in this world you will have trouble," Jesus said. It is not a probability, it is a certainty. Tragedies of smaller scale than 9/11, but on personal levels, tragedies that will be just as devastating to the affected families.
I pray for each of us tonight that we build on the faith that we now possess so that our "living hope" will spring forth at the times that we will need to lean into it the most in order to reassure us that we our children of an eternal God, created for eternal lives.
God bless all of the families affected by the events of 9/11/01...and God Bless America!
On a day like today, when we remember the sadness and tragedy of ten years ago, we should especially be able to recite this verse with fervency and gratefulness. For when this world falls apart and things happen that make absolutely no sense to us, we can still take heart in the fact that we have a God who has provided a way for us to have a living hope through the new birth that we experience when we become children of Him. This living hope keeps within us, every moment of every day, the certainty of our lives continuing past the lives that we see now into life eternal, because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Without that living hope, life would be a futile exercise in surviving tragedy after tragedy.
I have that living hope - a hope that is difficult to explain - but one that gives this life a whole other dimension. I pray for those who lost loved ones ten years ago and that they have found the living hope that comes through faith in Christ. I'm not sure I would be able to make it through a tragedy like that without the assurance of the promises that faith in Jesus provides.
Ten years later...it has gone fast, hasn't it? And there have been so many other tragedies in those ten years that other people have gone through, and we will experience more in the future. "For in this world you will have trouble," Jesus said. It is not a probability, it is a certainty. Tragedies of smaller scale than 9/11, but on personal levels, tragedies that will be just as devastating to the affected families.
I pray for each of us tonight that we build on the faith that we now possess so that our "living hope" will spring forth at the times that we will need to lean into it the most in order to reassure us that we our children of an eternal God, created for eternal lives.
God bless all of the families affected by the events of 9/11/01...and God Bless America!
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It is amazing the power of God's healing Love. The country suffered together ten years ago the pain and confusion from the terrible attack on our country. The individuals directly affected and the rest of the country have been healed and we feel optimistic and love for one another. That is only possible through the power of God's Love. Because of God's gift of His Holy Son we are given hope and love and faith in our lives. Jesus Christ has saved us from these terrible sins of the world. He gave us our lives. Our lives in eternity. In our faith we are able to survive the tragedies that sin creates. Thank you God for Jesus Christ our Savior, we can face tomorrow.
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