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
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
really wasn't coming
home that night.
I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a woman cried out to Me for help,
for the very first time
in her life.
"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 in Me now."
I was at the base of the building with the priest
ministering to the injured and devastated souls.
He heard my voice and answered to My call.
I took him home to be
with his flock.
I was on all four of those planes, in every seat, with every prayer.
I was with the crew and the passengers as they were overtaken.
I was in the very hearts of the believers there, comforting and assuring them
that their faith in Me
has saved them.
I was in Texas, Kansas, London . . . I
was everywhere.
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 know Me.
Some met Me for the first time on the 86th floor.
Some sought Me with their very last breath.
Some couldn't hear Me calling to them through the smoke and flames;
"Come to Me. . . this way . . . take My hand."
Some had never heard My
voice before.
And a few chose, for the final time, to ignore Me.
But, I was there!
I did not place you in the Towers that day.
You may not know why, but I do.
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"
. . . I will be there at the stairwell of your final moments.
“For
I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace
and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and find Me and go and pray to Me and
I will listen to you. And you will seek
Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” (Jer. 29:11-13)
During the next few
seconds, stop whatever you are doing, and take this opportunity. All you
have to do is the following:
Simply say “The Lord’s Prayer” for the person who sent you this message:
”Our
Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom
Come, Thy Will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this
day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive
those who trespass against us.
And lead us
not into temptation but deliver us from evil,
for Thine is
the kingdom and the power and the glory,
forever and
ever. Amen.”
Next, you send this
message to everyone you know. In a
while, more people will have prayed for you and you would have obtained a lot of
people praying for others. And then . . . stop and think and appreciate
God's power in your life, for doing what you know is pleasing to Him.
If you are not ashamed to do this, you'll
follow the simple instructions. Jesus said, "If you are ashamed of
Me, I will be ashamed of you before My Father."
If you are not ashamed, send this message... only if you believe. "Yes,
I love my God. He is the Fountain of Life and My Savior. He keeps me going day
and night. Without Him, I am nobody. But with Him, I can do
everything. The Lord Jesus Christ is my
strength."
