As another anniversary of the 9/11 attack targeting our national sites including the World Trade Center Towers passes, I once again reflect. Each anniversary is difficult but different feelings emerge. This year's ceremonies and memorials were deeply somber but beyond the principle somber reflections, there was a great sense of resolve for hope and a call for unity. I felt it was imperative to share the spirit of the day, one of the yearning for a brighter day. This aspiration dominated the topics of the addresses from the fellow speakers and ministers today. The common thread was the desire to use this tragedy as a catalyst to unite our nation as it did initially and to not live in fear or perpetual despair.
God instructs us to overcome and for us to live harmoniously. God also tells about deliverance, giving us salvation and liberation. Let me appeal to you try to find common ground and to love and to be in service to one another. Never forget, but remember to keep those that suffered great losses on this day in 2001 in your prayers and to extend your thanks for those responders to 9/11 whenever you can.
Psalms 36:15-20
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The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry;
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but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth.
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The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
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The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
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The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all;
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he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.
1 Corinthians 1:10
“I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.”
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