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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Where I am Meant to Be!

in honor of 9-11
In honor of all those who lost their lives on 9/11.
Each flag represents one of the 2,977 people who died at the World Trade Center.
 
 
I shared the following for the past two years and have decided it’s worth re-sharing as a reminder…it brings tears to my eyes every time I read it.


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 wasn't coming home that night.

I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a woman cried out to Me for help. "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 on Me now."

I was at the base of the building with the Priest ministering to the injured and devastated souls. I took him home to tend to his Flock in Heaven. He heard my voice and answered.

I was on all four of those planes, in every seat, with every prayer. I was with the crew as they were overtaken. I was in the very hearts of the believers there, comforting and assuring them that their faith has saved them.

I was in Texas, Kansas, London. 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 last breath.

Some couldn't hear Me calling to them through the smoke and flames; “Come to Me... This way... take My hand."

Some chose, for the final time, to ignore Me.

But, I was there.

I did not place you in the Tower 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 in the stairwell of your final moments.
God

During the next 60 seconds, please stop whatever you are doing, and take this opportunity (really, just 1 minute) to say an "Our Father" for the families of all those who lost their lives and the responders who risked their lives due to the events of September 11, 2001:

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, the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

Please don't forget to give thanks for your family and friends!

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18 comments:

  1. We just never know do we? I remember the post you share every year. It makes me tear up as well.

    Thanks Cat.

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    1. You're welcome Minelle...you are so right...we just never know.

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  2. Cat,
    It is a national day of remembrance today. Thank you,
    Meredith

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    1. You're welcome Mere.

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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    1. Welcome and thank you Lillyanna!

      Blessings...
      Cat

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  4. It's the first time I read it and I'm touched. Thank you for reposting. In the world we live in now we need people to remind us what sacrefices have been made in the past so we can learn from it.

    Han

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    1. You're welcome Han...we definitely need to learn from the past and hopefully not make the same mistakes!

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  5. This is a great post, Cat! :) Thank you for sharing and "Our Father" said. This will make me think differently next time I am stuck in traffic or other. Mostly I have been thinking about the families of all of the people who lost their lives, on that horrible day... Many hugs,

    <3 Katie

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    1. You're welcome Katie...it does make me think differently when I am delayed. My heart still hurts for all the families that lost loved ones.

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  6. I love this, thank you for sharing it, I had forgotten about it.

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    1. You're welcome Sunny...think I'm just going to make it a yearly post so that we are reminded.

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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    1. You're very welcome Terps!

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  8. Thanks for reminding me, Cat. I had to stop, remove my reading glasses and have a little weep.

    I was teaching a class of USAF kids that afternoon. I was asked to keep them after school, and because no-one told me what had happened, I was grumbling to myself. When I listened to my car radio on my way home I was shocked beyond belief.

    The husband of a friend of mine was talking to a colleague in the Tower hit by the first plane. The phone suddenly went dead. It is a date he will never, ever forget.

    But then, for us in the UK we had 7/11 to suffer as well.

    I hope that if people stop to take the time to say a little prayer, that they will pray for an end to this to this murder and carnage by the people who refuse to let love and compassion into their hearts.

    Hugs
    Ami

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    1. Didn't mean to make you weep Ami. :( How horrible for your friend's husband...I am sure that sticks in his mind.

      I hope and pray that people stop hating and let love and compassion and tolerance into their hearts.

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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  9. Cat,

    A beautiful reminder. Thank you.

    Love,
    Ronnie
    xx

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    1. You're very welcome Ronnie.

      Hugs and Blessings...
      Cat

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