I have heard throughout the last few years a number of people ask questions in regards to 9/11. "Where was God that day? Why did he let that happen?" Well...there is an answer. One that will be useful to you anytime you reach a point of despair. The story I'm about to share with you is a God-thing. Told only by the one that knows......
I was there....
You say you will never forget where you were when you heard the news on September 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 okay...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 hear for 50 years!" I said, "Of course, I will show you the way home - only believe in ME now".
I was at the base of the building with the Priest ministering to the injured and devastated 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 in the hearts of the believers there, comforting and assuring them that their faiths had saved them.
I want you to know I saw every face. I was in Texas, Virginia, California, and Afghanistan. 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 not all knew Me. Some met ME for the first time on the 86th floor. Some sought ME with their last breath. Some couldn't hear ME calling to them through the some and flames "Come to ME...this way...take my hand". I offered. Some chose, for the final time, to ignore ME. But I was there.
I did not place you in the Tower that day. You may not know why, but I do. However, if you were there in the 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".
I will be in the stairwell of your final moments.
God
As we remember today, I hope that you find something in this posting that allows you to be comforted knowing that God is present and that no matter what you are going through, He has been and forever shall be there.
Pastor Jim
(God letter reposted with permission from My Father's Voice)
