As I posted my previous entry, I noticed the date and was reminded of what this day means to our country. It's hard to believe that 9/11 was seven years ago. I watched the horrific scene unfold on television and wondered if the attacks would ever stop. I also remember that this was the very day that Greer Volkmer, the toddler daughter of former members of my church, died. I couldn't get out of town on that day to travel to Kansas City because I needed gas and the lines at every gas station in town were hundreds of cars long. I remember feeling helpless on two levels. I couldn't keep the buildings from collapsing and I couldn't do anything to keep Greer from dying.
I cried that day but in the midst of my tears, two thoughts came to mind. First was, "how long O Lord, must we wait until you come again to set things right." The other thought comes from the burial rite in the prayer book, "even at the foot of the grave, we make our cry, Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
I know of people who died on that 9/11 and my prayers go to them all on this day of remembrance. My prayer also goes to all of us at COTHA that we may be witnesses of the truth of God's love. One day all things will be made right; in the meantime, we will speak of God's truth and love in the midst darkness. Alleluia!
I cried that day but in the midst of my tears, two thoughts came to mind. First was, "how long O Lord, must we wait until you come again to set things right." The other thought comes from the burial rite in the prayer book, "even at the foot of the grave, we make our cry, Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
I know of people who died on that 9/11 and my prayers go to them all on this day of remembrance. My prayer also goes to all of us at COTHA that we may be witnesses of the truth of God's love. One day all things will be made right; in the meantime, we will speak of God's truth and love in the midst darkness. Alleluia!
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