9-11 remembered

I remember answering the phone and Kareena Campell telling me that I would not be taking Mike to the airport for his family's trip to Argentina. I was stunned to see the building on fire when I turned on the TV. Katie(Couric) was already miles away broadcast from a safe vantage point. I still get quite emotional when thinking of that day. I was so ill prepared. I was naive, I did not realize the radical islamists really wanted me and you dead. No matter what anybody says thats the fact. But thats not the point of this blog.
I look back and remember how we responded and how we have responded since that day. We responded with prayer and lament. We put on resolve to make the best of this moment in history. We preached Jesus and a peace that passes understanding. That was all we could do.
Since then we formed our response team. It was birthed in the ashes and in the wake of 911. The Red Cross called for chaplains and people to be ready to go to "ground zero's" of the future. We have trained to provide shelters, we have had WMD training, we have many other types of training so that we could respond to emergencies of all types. Our team wants to take Jesus to people affected by disaster, natural or otherwise.
911 remembered. . . tears on my cheeks . . . hands raised. . . looking up to God . . . Lord come quickly!