thoughts on the news of the day: 9-12-11

hmmm…..

            Today is the day after.  It’s the day after the 10 year commemoration of September 11, 2001.  Just about all day long there were television programs yesterday that reminded us of the tragedy and its effects on our country and our world.

            But today is tomorrow.  For many the sun will not come up.  Annie sings, “Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow.”  The victims and the families of the tragedy cannot love tomorrow because their loved ones have not returned.  Ten years of tomorrows have not wiped away the memories of that horrible day when the world changed forever. 

            The monument at ground zero helps.  It keeps the memory of that senseless day alive for the families of the victims and for all of us who just watched as the towers were struck and tumbled down.  The names of the victims are engraved there and for those families of victims they are the only memorial they will have for the loved ones they lost.

            Why did this senseless tragedy happen?  Where was God in all of this?  Where is God in this today?  I have to believe that God was not in the evil that occurred.  God was in the bravery of the firefighters who lost their lives to save others.  God is in the prayers of us who can only imagine the sorrow that some must feel.  God cried when we cried, God was always there.  And God is with us now.  God is here.  God bless America.

            hmmm…..