September 10, 2001

Do you remember what you were doing on September 10, 2001?  It was a Monday.  Did I watch Monday night football?  Did I take my wife out to dinner?  Did we rent a movie that night?  Did I have a meeting that night?  George Bush was preparing for a visit with Florida school children and thinking about his first year as president.  He was thinking about his domestic agenda, tax cuts, and Education reform.  None of us had a clue that night when we fell asleep that everything was about to change.  Americans went to bed in a world we thought was safe and awoke the next day to a new reality.  What things did we take for granted?  What relationships did we take for granted?  If we could go back to that day what would we do differently?  Has the church provided answers and direction in a world that stopped making sense?  There are kids in my youth group who don’t remember life before 9-11.  How do I work through the rubble and make disciples of this generation?  So, hugs your kids a little tighter, hold your spouse a little closer, talk to your parents on the phone a little longer,  take life a little slower, and love a little stronger.  Everything may change tomorrow.

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