Five years after 9/11, words still failed me. I couldn't watch the movies, couldn't watch the news. I couldn't blog. Every once in awhile, I couldn't avoid passing through the living room where my husband sat, reliving again minute details from that harrowing day.
Even though I tried to ignore the mainstream media memories, no matter how hard I tried to avoid thinking about Patriot's Day, I struggled to sleep last night. I wished I could have written a brilliant blog post. I wished I could have done something to save all those children, moms and dads. I wished we didn't live in a world that hates our Lord and the "Crusaders" who follow Him. Today is a new day. I see that our children still smile. They still homeschool and learn in freedom.
Yet, what of other children in other lands? What of the smallest and weakest humans in our own land, the tiny unborn with beating hearts are dismembered, the so-called "braindead" adults starved to death, those with disabilities denied medical care, the very old disrespected? May Patriot's Day remind us that in "the land of the free" we must protect the right to life and freedom for ALL, not just those who have a voice. May we never forget to protect the littlest and weakest humans--because that is what our Lord would do. May we protect our basic freedom to worship, and train up our own children in the way they should go. And may America bless God.
Faith and Action is a Christian outreach whose mission is to to reintroduce the Word of God into the public debate surrounding legislation and policy matters, and they blogged on Patriot's Day. "Sadly, it takes a grotesque act as barbarous as the 9/11 attacks to snap us out of our Pollyanna worldview and wake us up to reality. The deliberate, premeditated, intentional mass murder of thousands of innocent children, women and men epitomizes the complete violation of God's moral law for the Universe. Once again, the exception proves the rule: 9/11 couldn't have been evil unless an absolute Good truly exists. The Bible says that the Law of God is written upon our hearts. Somehow, even the most irreligious among us know this heinous act contradicted that often ignored Law."http://www.tencommandmentsoncapitolhill.blogspot.com/
Even though I tried to ignore the mainstream media memories, no matter how hard I tried to avoid thinking about Patriot's Day, I struggled to sleep last night. I wished I could have written a brilliant blog post. I wished I could have done something to save all those children, moms and dads. I wished we didn't live in a world that hates our Lord and the "Crusaders" who follow Him. Today is a new day. I see that our children still smile. They still homeschool and learn in freedom.
Yet, what of other children in other lands? What of the smallest and weakest humans in our own land, the tiny unborn with beating hearts are dismembered, the so-called "braindead" adults starved to death, those with disabilities denied medical care, the very old disrespected? May Patriot's Day remind us that in "the land of the free" we must protect the right to life and freedom for ALL, not just those who have a voice. May we never forget to protect the littlest and weakest humans--because that is what our Lord would do. May we protect our basic freedom to worship, and train up our own children in the way they should go. And may America bless God.
Faith and Action is a Christian outreach whose mission is to to reintroduce the Word of God into the public debate surrounding legislation and policy matters, and they blogged on Patriot's Day. "Sadly, it takes a grotesque act as barbarous as the 9/11 attacks to snap us out of our Pollyanna worldview and wake us up to reality. The deliberate, premeditated, intentional mass murder of thousands of innocent children, women and men epitomizes the complete violation of God's moral law for the Universe. Once again, the exception proves the rule: 9/11 couldn't have been evil unless an absolute Good truly exists. The Bible says that the Law of God is written upon our hearts. Somehow, even the most irreligious among us know this heinous act contradicted that often ignored Law."http://www.tencommandmentsoncapitolhill.blogspot.com/
posted by Melissa Morgan, eaglesnesthome.com @ Tuesday, September 12, 2006
2 Comments:
At 3:03 PM,
Hanley Family said…
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I had a difficult time with my entry, for some reason...it is part of the 2,996 memorial tribute to the 2,996 who died on September 11. It makes it a little more personal to sift through all the memorial tributes friends and family have left online for their loved ones who died.
At 12:06 PM,
Melissa Morgan, eaglesnesthome.com said…
I thank you for your memorial tribute--it definitely makes it more personal. To me, being pro-life means that in Christ, we value each individual human life, created in the image of God. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the evil in this world, but God is still Lord of all.
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