Seven years ago today...

we all watched as the first ever attack on American soil, in our generation, took place. It was incredible... I remember it was a Tuesday morning and I had just sat down for a staff meeting, when we were interrupted by the church secretary to the news that an airplane had hit one of the World Trade Center towers. Our pastor dismissed us and I ended up getting home just in time to see the second plane fly into the second tower. I remember the somber feeling of not really knowing what I was seeing... the whole morning was numbing.

Seven years later, there is a sense that we are more protected; more secure than we were then. Seven years later we have lost thousands more young men and women as we have taken the fight overseas to their soil. Seven years later New York is rebuilding, the Pentegon is restored, and millions are remembering the lives that were so senselessly taken. Seven years later we are still dealing with the truths of just how vulnerable we are.

Seven years later, God is still in control! We don't have to fear what the world brings against us, nor do we have to worry that faith is not enough. I am teaching through Romans on Wednesday nights and last nights study we looked at Romans 8:28-39... please read it. It's a triumphant response to the things that Satan could do to wear us down and destroy us.

Verse 28 reads, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose." The opening phrase, "and we know" is more than just us understanding... it is a phrase that articulates the place of faith in our lives. Not only should we understand the workings of God, but we should speak of it and act on it. Faith is not merely understood, but it is responded to. Seven years later, the church that the world needs is a church that not only understands what God has done, but speaks of it and acts upon it! Let's do what we can by the grace of God to do this! God bless you all, have a wonderfully blessed day.