This may be a strange thing to say today on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
To stray away from my topic for a minute. People said 9/11 would become Kennedy's assassination for our generation. Remembering exactly where you were and how you found out. I was in gym class, freshman year of high school. Ms. Rosie told us as we were getting ready to go back inside something happened. Then the rest of the day we watched the news in all of our classes as everyone tried to figure out what was going on. It's strange how we remember where we are when traumatic things happen in our lives.
Columbine. Yep, I remember where I was, etc. for that one.
When my grandpa was in the hospital and took a turn for the worse. I could basically retell every detail of that time.
But the happy things... harder to pinpoint. Why is that?
I'm sorry, I'm doing a very poor job of staying on topic today.
What I'm thankful for today is our ability to forgive. Could you imagine how extremely unhappy our world would be if we didn't have the ability to forgive? Yes,sometimes usually it's hard. But both the person being forgiven and the one doing the forgiving feel better when it's all over. It's like a weight... and finally letting go. We're not held down with it anymore.
It's beautiful.
"Jesus never said forgiveness would be easy. He only said it was necessary. Even on a day such as this, filled with painful memories, we can't argue with that." (Bringing Home the Word, church bulletin)
To stray away from my topic for a minute. People said 9/11 would become Kennedy's assassination for our generation. Remembering exactly where you were and how you found out. I was in gym class, freshman year of high school. Ms. Rosie told us as we were getting ready to go back inside something happened. Then the rest of the day we watched the news in all of our classes as everyone tried to figure out what was going on. It's strange how we remember where we are when traumatic things happen in our lives.
Columbine. Yep, I remember where I was, etc. for that one.
When my grandpa was in the hospital and took a turn for the worse. I could basically retell every detail of that time.
But the happy things... harder to pinpoint. Why is that?
I'm sorry, I'm doing a very poor job of staying on topic today.
What I'm thankful for today is our ability to forgive. Could you imagine how extremely unhappy our world would be if we didn't have the ability to forgive? Yes,
It's beautiful.
"Jesus never said forgiveness would be easy. He only said it was necessary. Even on a day such as this, filled with painful memories, we can't argue with that." (Bringing Home the Word, church bulletin)
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