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A LITTLE GIRL ON THE WAY HOME FROM CHURCH TURNED TO HER MOTHER AND SAID, "MOMMY, THE PREACHER'S SERMON THIS MORNING CONFUSED ME." &n bsp; ; THE MOTHER SAID, "OH! WHY IS THAT?" THE GIRL REPLIED, "WELL, HE SAID THAT GOD IS BIGGER THAN WE ARE. IS THAT TRUE?" &nb sp; &nb sp; "YES, THAT IS TRUE" THE MOTHER REPLIED. &nb sp; &nb sp; "HE ALSO SAID THAT GOD LIVES WITHIN US. IS THAT TRUE, TOO?" &nbs p; AGAIN THE MOTHER REPLIED, "YES" "WELL, IF GOD IS BIGER THAN US AND HE LIVES IN US, WOULD'T HE SHOW THROUGH?" ASK THE LITTLE GIRL. THIS WAS A SIMPLE WAY OF PUTTING IT. IF GOD LIVES IN US, THEN THERE IS NO WAY OF KEEPING HIM FROM "SHOWING THROUGH." THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIAN LIVING - LIVING IN SUCH A WAY THAT PEOPLE AROUND WILL SEE GOD IN OUR LIVES. "LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN." (MATTHEW 5:16)
 REMEMBERING 911 Current mood: sympathetic Category: Religion and Philosophy MET IN THE STAIRWELL You say you will never forget where you were when you heard the news, Sept. 11, 2001. Neither will I. I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room with a man who called his wife to say "Good-Bye". I held his fingers steady as he dialed. I gave him the peace to say, "Honey, I am not going to make it, but it is OK. I am ready to go." I was with his wife when he called as she fed breakfast to their children. I held her up as she tried to understand his words and as she realized he wasn't coming home that night. I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a woman cried out to me for help. "I have been knocking on the door of your heart for 50 years! I said "Of course I will show you the way home. Only believe on me now! I was at the base of the building with the Priest ministering to the injured and devasting souls. I took him home to tend to his Flock in Heaven. He heard my voice and answered. I was on all four of those planes, in every seat, with every prayer. I was with the crew as they were overtaken. I was in the very hearts of the believers there. Comforting and assuring them that their Faith has saved them. I was in Texas, Kansas, London. I was standing next to you when you heard the terrible news. Did you sense Me? I want you to know that I saw every face. I knew every name, though they did not all know Me. Some met me for the first time on the 100th floor. Some sought me out in their last breath. Some couldn't hear me calling to them through the smoke and flames. "Come to Me... this way....take my hand. Some chose, for the final time to ignore Me. But, I was there. Most of you were not in the Twin Towers that day. However, if you were there in that explosive moment in time, would you have reached for me? September 11, 2001 was not the end of the journey for you. But someday your journey will end. And I will be there for you as well. Seek Me now while I may be found. Then, at any moment, you know you are "ready to go".
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