by Susan Brantley
Today is September 11, 2001. Kali is ready for school. She is eating her cereal and waiting on her ride to school with her friend, Laura. I began to clean up the kitchen. Then I sat down to drink a cup of coffee.
I’m sure the people who were employed at the Twin Towers and those who were on the planes, and at the Pentagon, were all doing what they normally did every morning. They were fixing their breakfast, making their kids’ breakfast and lunches, or handing out lunch money. They kissed their kids and husbands or wives, good-bye and said they would see them later on in the afternoon. Other workers stopped at the local Starbucks for coffee, a Danish, and a copy of the New York Times. They hoped to arrive at work early to enjoy their coffee and Danish and do the Times Crossword Puzzle. Yet others left early to get gas or pay a bill so it would not be late. All these people had one thing in common—they believed they would make it home that night.
Today was September 11, 2001. This was the day they would die but they didn’t know. One moment they were preparing for work and the next moment they stepped into eternity.
We are not promised a tomorrow. The Bible says in James 4:14, NKJV: “Whereas ye know not what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” In Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, NKJV, it says: “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die.”
We need to always be prepared to meet our Lord with a smile on our faces when we die. Be assured we will all die someday. I picked Psalm 23, NKJV, to close out this blog:
“The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.”