Remembering 9/11

In 2001, I traveled extensively.  On September 11, 2001, I was in the Andes Mountains in Argentina.  I was traveling with an Argentine pastor named Luis Raigne.  When we arrived to Villa La Angostura, we stopped to get some food for lunch.  I waited in the car as Luis went into the market.  When he returned to the car, he told me, “The US is under attack”.  My heart sank with the greatest of confusion.  How could this happen? What does this mean? Who is doing this? Are my family and friends safe? I sat in disbelief for the next couple of hours as I watched the terror on the news.  Five days later I was on the first flight permitted to leave from Buenos Aires. What a hard week to be away from our country!

As the memory fades of that moment, I am grateful to remember today why we are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.  I am thankful for the sacrifice of thousands through out our country’s history who have given their lives for freedom.  I pray for the family of the victims that God would give them the grace to live this life without the burden of this event that changed America forever.  I pray for our leadership that God would give them direction to lead our country responsibly and without political prejudice. 

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