When I woke up that morning to my alarm clock set at 4:00 am I proceeded to go about my morning routine. I went in my prayer closet, closed the door and sat down in the darkness. There was complete silence. Good, nobody stirring outside, no one awake in the house, peace. I began to pray. My prayer that morning was different. I always have awesome alone time with God in the early mornings, I talk, I thank Him, I praise and I listen. I had held on to my confirmation scriptures and after 6 months still recited them every morning (read the book). I began my prayer directly talking to God in my own special prayer language. What was on my heart was heavy, deep and intense. I prayed with fervor. So much so that afterward I could only think, “What was that all about?” Not understanding or not being able to think about much else, I decided to fast. I showered, got dressed and ran out to catch the bus. The commute to the Pentagon was 45 minutes. As I rode the bus I could not get my early morning prayer out of my mind. Arriving at the Pentagon I took the escalator to the 3rd floor to my office. As I road the escalator I got a good whiff of someone’s coffee but my spirit quickened and I thought, no coffee, eggs or toast for me today, I am fasting. As the events we all know all too well transpired on that day I began to understand what my prayer was all about. I realized that my prayer was a prayer of intercession. Intercession is pleading on behalf of another person or persons and serving as an advocate by the righteousness of God. There will always be something inside me that wonders if I could have done more, prayed longer, been more attentive to God’s words or if our government could have done more, been more prepared or operated in a manner as to prevent such a tragedy. The answers none of us will ever know. It happened and God allowed it. It is like when God allowed Peter to be sifted (Luke 22:31-32). God has a reason and as in Peter’s case God told Peter that it was to give him strength so that he could strengthen his brothers. God allowed the events of 9/11 to happen and He makes no mistakes. We know that God’s ways are not our ways. God’s ways are set up for purpose. Purpose takes strength, courage and ultimately Faith. Faith and assurance that He knows what the expected end is. Our Faith should be so strong that we know that even in a tragedy He will use it to strengthen His children and to build even stronger faith. In such a tragedy as 9/11 there are so many awesome testimonies, awesome survival stories and so many that gave there time and resources and so many who demonstrated their love for humanity and for our country. For those who lost loved ones I know you do not and never will understand why it was your loved ones that were chosen. But believe me one day we will all either know why or be to busy rejoicing with them to even care. 9/11 was and is about strength, courage, heroes, and honor and about those that lost their lives. They will never be forgotten; they are heroes and will go down in History as such. We stand tall and proud of our heroes and we honor them today and everyday. We also honor God because He is in control of all things. He does not make mistakes. He is not a human with an agenda that He hopes will work out or someone who is waiting for his ship to come in ect. He is the Lord of Lord and King of Kings and all His agendas and ships lead to prosperity and an expected end. He knows the beginning and the ending and nothing in between can stop His will from being done. We have a part to play so let us close our mouths and open up our ears and listen to what God has to say about the part we play. If we do not listen God will speak in a loud, strong, thunderous voice that we will hear. America let us pray and turn to God and hear His small, still voice that is full of loving kindness and tender mercies, less we allow His thunder to roar.

To all of those who lost loved ones on Sept 11 and to all my co-workers who lost their lives at the Pentagon; “We will all meet again some sweet day!”

Blessings,
Rhonda

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