It is hard to believe it has been 8 years since the 9/11 attacks. Things sure fade after that length of time. As horrible a tragedy as that experience was I do miss the spirit that I saw in our nation, and how people came together. Neighbors served each other, strangers had more conversations, and we all were reminded of how short life can be and what really matters. I recall thinking how material things had much less meaning for me and I just cared about people more. I also remember how much I wanted to go help and serve in any way I could. Thankfully, many of us in Student Venture and Campus Crusade for Christ had that opportunity as we traveled to NYC in the coming weeks to serve in a variety of ways and share our faith. It was startling how open people were to the gospel!
I was listening this week to a great message that Dr Bob Tuttle gave this past Sunday at our church (Summit), and it just dawned on me today how much it ties in to some of what I took away from 9/11. His passage was from the story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) and his focus was on the importance of living our day to day lives with a sense of compassion and love for people, and managing the one degree difference between good and bad. He had a great illustration about road rage and how it is really silly to get mad at other drivers. Here was a great line related to that... "leave justice to God because justice is not up to you." Reminds me of the spirit that I, and many others, sensed in the days and weeks following 9/11. If you would like to take a few minutes to listen to this great message you can do so here... hope it challenges you as it certainly did for me!
Also related to 9/11. Please take a minute today to stop and pray for our troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, and many other areas of the world that are fighting to make sure something like 9/11 never happens again.
Appreciate all of you!
Scott
