Dear Reader,
Every year on September 11, we pause to remember a day that changed our nation forever. The images, the grief, and the sense of shock are still vivid for many of us who lived through it. Thousands of lives were lost, families were broken, and an entire nation was shaken to its core.
As Christians, when we look back on that day, we do so with a mixture of sorrow and hope. Sorrow for the lives cut short and the families who still carry the weight of loss. Hope because even in the darkest of times, the light of Christ was present. We saw it in the bravery of first responders who ran into danger to save others. We saw it in the way strangers cared for one another in the days that followed. And we see it now as we continue to lean on God’s promise that He is near to the brokenhearted.
Times like these, as well as what happened this week in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, stun us. We don’t know what to do or say. But as followers of Jesus, we simply stand still and trust God until we see that he makes us ready to heal, be healed and use what’s intended for evil for his glory.
Psalm 46 says, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” That truth carried many through the days after the attacks, and it still carries us today. When we face tragedy, we don’t face it alone. God does not leave us in our pain. He enters it with us and gives us strength to endure.
Anniversaries like this remind us that life is fragile, but they also remind us to anchor ourselves in what is eternal. The hope of the gospel assures us that evil and death do not have the final word. Christ does.
Today, as we remember September 11, let us pray for the families who continue to grieve, for our nation to walk in unity and compassion, and for our own hearts to remain rooted in Christ. Pray for strength and peace in the midst of grief for the Kirk family.
May we honor those we lost not only by remembering them, but by living lives of faith, hope, and love in the world they left behind.
James
Rev. James A. Williams
Senior Pastor
Grace Resurrection Methodist Church
Every year on September 11, we pause to remember a day that changed our nation forever. The images, the grief, and the sense of shock are still vivid for many of us who lived through it. Thousands of lives were lost, families were broken, and an entire nation was shaken to its core.
As Christians, when we look back on that day, we do so with a mixture of sorrow and hope. Sorrow for the lives cut short and the families who still carry the weight of loss. Hope because even in the darkest of times, the light of Christ was present. We saw it in the bravery of first responders who ran into danger to save others. We saw it in the way strangers cared for one another in the days that followed. And we see it now as we continue to lean on God’s promise that He is near to the brokenhearted.
Times like these, as well as what happened this week in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, stun us. We don’t know what to do or say. But as followers of Jesus, we simply stand still and trust God until we see that he makes us ready to heal, be healed and use what’s intended for evil for his glory.
Psalm 46 says, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” That truth carried many through the days after the attacks, and it still carries us today. When we face tragedy, we don’t face it alone. God does not leave us in our pain. He enters it with us and gives us strength to endure.
Anniversaries like this remind us that life is fragile, but they also remind us to anchor ourselves in what is eternal. The hope of the gospel assures us that evil and death do not have the final word. Christ does.
Today, as we remember September 11, let us pray for the families who continue to grieve, for our nation to walk in unity and compassion, and for our own hearts to remain rooted in Christ. Pray for strength and peace in the midst of grief for the Kirk family.
May we honor those we lost not only by remembering them, but by living lives of faith, hope, and love in the world they left behind.
James
Rev. James A. Williams
Senior Pastor
Grace Resurrection Methodist Church
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