Today is a day of remembrance, grief, joy, and gratefulness for America. Tomorrow is the day after, a day of mourning and stories of fantastic survival concerning the events of September 11, 2001. We were hit where it hurts the most, on our own soil. Somehow our invisible protective field was removed, and we were at our most vulnerable. Evil patiently waited in the wings for its opportunity, and America had been setting the stage for decades.
It is not a new story in history but an old one dating back to Adam and Eve. God protects us until He tires of our disobedience, lack of faith, and selfish ways. When things are good, we turn away and ignorantly believe we have made it happen. We foolishly give in to our wants and desires only to believe there is time for repentance later. Greed and moral lacking become the day’s acceptable traits, while we blur the lines between right and wrong until there are no lines.
If that is not enough, we allow our leaders to set the table with our enemies, as President Clinton did when they welcomed Yassar Arafat as an honored guest into the White House. He became a frequent guest throughout Clinton’s Presidential years, and Arafat was also the money man behind funding the terrorists and planning the terror attack on 9-11. Talk about opening the door wide and welcoming evil inside our country, our communities, and our homes. Then we crawl, as we did after 9-11, back to God, begging for forgiveness and promising never to repeat the past, but only for a while until life becomes easy and money flows abundantly once more.
I believe this is our last chance for atonement, and that we are living in the end of times. Have you looked out your window lately? God has not only removed His hand of protection, but He is allowing tragic events to occur within nature and our culture, raining down despair, disease, and discord among us. These are not of His doing but our doing, even COVID and the fires. And still, as a nation, we have not come together to put God in His rightful place at the center of our country, communities, and families. How many times must you be knocked face down and trampled on before you scream, “Enough?” Before you establish a Godly home and community. Before you stand up for what is right and speak against what is wrong?
God has given us a promise, and He will help us, as stated in 2 Chronicles 7:14. Maybe today can not only be a remembrance but a new start for you and our country!
“If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, and then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
God Bless You!
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