Where was GOD?
author unknown

"I know you're angry at Me right now.  That's all right, people have been angry at Me before and will be again.

Being angry is part of being human.  My Son got angry, too.  It's all right to be angry sometimes ... at injustice, for example, or the lack of charity.

"You probably think I am unjust and unloving when an airplane goes down like that.  All those people lost.  The children gone.  It doesn't seem right; it can't be loving.

You ask, 'Where was God?'  Why did He allow that to happen?"

"I allowed it to happen because I allow you freedom.  I could have left you on a string and made you dance all day without getting tired. I could have moved your mouth and made you sing all night without growing hoarse.  I could have pulled a wire that would have let you soar skyward and never fall.

"I could have, but I didn't ... I didn't because I love you so much!  I want you to be free to decide when to dance and sing; free to determine when you will come to Me in faith and hope.  Because you are free, some of you choose not to dance or sing.  Some of you select hatred over love, revenge over forgiveness, bombs over a helping hand.

"As you choose, I watch.  I do not disappear.  I listen to both the songs and the bombs.  AND I REMEMBER.

"Where was God?" you wonder ... I WAS THERE!

  • I whispered in the ear of a little girl, 'Don't be afraid, I am with you.'
  • I held the hand of a business woman, as tightly as she clutched Mine.
  • I cradled a pilot against My shoulder as if he were a baby again.

"Amid the paralyzing fear, I was there, just as I was there with My Son in the garden.  Amid the unbearable pain, I was there, as I was with Him as He was whipped.  Amid the terrible realization that life was ending too soon, I was there ... there with Him as He hung on the cross and asked, like you,

"My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"

"I had not forsaken Him and I did not forsake them.  I was there as they fell, and rose to eternal joy.  I listened to their anger, answered their questions and showed them why they had been created ... not to end that way, but to live with Me forever.

"In an instant, they came into existence, as you did.  In an instant, they left this world, as you will.  But beyond that last instant, I kept My promise ... a little girl dances, a business woman sings, and a pilot keeps his wings forever."

 

GOD was here
author unknown

Here is where God was September 11, 2001.
He was very busy!

He was trying to discourage anyone from taking those flights.

  • Those four flights together could have held over 1000 passengers and there were only 266 aboard!

He was on four commercial airline flights giving terrified passengers the ability to stay calm.

  • Not one of the family members who was called by a loved one on one of the hijacked planes said that passengers were screaming in the background.
  • On one of the flights, He was giving strength to passengers to try to overtake the hijackers.

He was busy creating obstacles for employees at the World Trade Center.

  • Approximately 20,000 were at the towers when the first jet hit. The buildings house over 50,000 workers.
  • Many of the people who were employed at the WTC have told the media that they were late for work due to traffic delays, or other obstacles.

He was holding up two two 110-story buildings so that 2/3 of the workers could get out.

  • It is amazing that the top of the towers didn't topple when the jets impacted.

Although this is without a doubt the worst thing we have ever seen in our lives ... if you look you can see God's miracles in every bit of it. Just try to imagine going through such a difficult time and not believing in God, life would be hopeless and helpless.

 

Philippians 4:13
"I CAN do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me.

 

More pages for
A Day to Remember

America Attacked
America Still Stands Proud
An Open Letter to A Terrorist
America Prays
A Global Tragedy
Can Osama Bin Laden Come Out to Play?
NY/NJ Port Authority Police Memorial
Remembering the Heroes of the PAPD
Remember the Heroes of Ground Zero
In Memory of Officer George Howard
In Memory of K-9 Sirius
A K-9 Memorial Service
The Hero's Cross

What if YOU died tonight?
Inspirational Pages
Cathy's World

The song playing is
"He Was There All The Time"

 

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