I watched most of the specials on 9/11 yesterday. Most of them have been shown before. But there was a special program on the videos taken by the average person in the average setting. Some were taken from a building 5 miles away from the WTC. These were the ones in which the stark reality of that day struck.
There were videos of people just standing there looking up at the towers as they burned. On these faces was the shock, the disbelief, the reality, the confusion, the sense of moving in slow motion, and the sense that all was not right with the world, but you were unable to figure what was wrong at that moment.
There were videos of those in authority who took command........police, firemen, etc. These were the ones that tried to keep control of the crowds by not allowing panic to run rappart until the situation could be fully assessed.
But the videos that struck me the most were those that captured the horror of it all in their voices and screams and actions as they recorded and watched the events. What took my attention was that these people didn't yell for their money to save them or for their position to save them or their intelligence to save them or for another person to save them. They cried out to God. "Oh, God, oh my God", was the battle cry.
In our world, it is not politically correct to refer to God in the same breath as those matters effecting the public in case someone should be offended. Politicans and law makers try to remove the name God from our coins, our federal or state buildings, etc. How vulnerable do they want to make us??!!!!
I don't know about you but if faced with a situation that even resembles a fear factor, God is the one I will call out to, not some senator or lawmaker or other politican. So the question is, "Who would YOU call?"
ANSWER TO LAST TRIVIA QUESTION: What movie was hyped like this: “Jim Stark - a kid from a 'good' family - what makes him tick...like a bomb?" Rebel without a Cause
TODAY'S TRIVIA QUESTION: What were the seven original Kool-Aid flavors?
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: I'm confused...no wait...maybe I'm not.
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