Where Were You On September 11th, Where Was God

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Where were you on Sept 11, Were Was God

Do you remember where you were on September 11, 2001. Were you in NY? Sleeping? Driving? What were your first thougths when you heard the news? Did you ever wonder where God was on September 11? Did you ever wonder why God let that happen? This poem sums it up, and answers the question to "Where was God on Sept 11?" Warning: persons viewing this lens may be overcome with tears or sympathy or tears of joy. May also cause a sense of pride for our country and soldiers.

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Where Was God On Septemeber 11, 2001? 

(God explains)

"I know you're mad at Me right now. That's all right. People have been mad at Me before and will be again. Being mad is part of being human. My Son got mad, too. It's all right to be mad sometimes at injustice, for example, or the lack of charity."

"You probably think I am unjust and uncharitable when an airplane goes down like that. All those people lost. The children gone. It doesn't seem right; it can't be loving. You ask, 'Where was God?' Why did He allow that to happen?"

"I allow it to happen because I allow you freedom. I could have left you on a string and made you dance all day without getting tired. I could have moved your mouth for you and made you sing all night without growing hoarse. I could have pulled a wire that would have let you soar skyward and never fall."

"I could have, but I didn't because I love you so much. I want you to be free to decide when to dance and sing. Free to determine when you will come to Me in faith and hope. Because you are free, some of you choose not to dance or sing. Some of you select hatred over love, revenge over forgiveness, bombs over a helping hand. As you choose, I watch. I do not disappear. I listen to both the songs and the bombs. AND I REMEMBER."

"Where was God?" you wonder...I was there. I whispered in the ear of a little girl, 'Don't be afraid, I am with you.' I held the hand of a business woman as tightly as she clutched mine. I cradled a pilot against my shoulder as if he were a baby again."

"Amid the paralyzing fear, I was there, as I was there with my Son in the garden. Amid the unbearable pain, I was there, as I was with Him as He was whipped. Amid the terrible realization that life was ending too soon, I was there, with Him as He hung on the cross and asked, like you, "My God, why have you forsaken Me?"

"I had not forsaken Him. I did not forsake them. I was there as they fell, and as they rose to eternal joy. I listened to their anger, answered their questions and showed them why they had been created. Not to end that way, but to live with Me forever."

"In an instant, they came into existence. As you did. In an instant, they left this world. As you will. But beyond that last instant, I kept my promise... A little girl dances, a business woman sings, and a pilot keeps his wings forever."

Where were you on Sept 11, 2001? 

Where were you on September 11? Do you remember what you were doing when the first plane hit the towers?

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    d-artist d-artist Nov 9, 2009 @ 6:27 pm
    I was making breakfast and watching GMA in disbelief...like it was sureal. Yes, God was there, heart broken asking, "this is what you do with your choices"? I hope we have learned form this, but I doupt it...
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    LairMistress LairMistress Sep 12, 2009 @ 11:06 pm
    I'd gone back to bed after doing my early-morning desk shift in our apartment building. I got up mid-morning, walked down to the lobby, and saw the desk staffer staring at the TV screen. I saw live video of the Twin Towers; just one was on fire then. I recognized the buildings, but I actually thought it was a movie at first! The desk staffer, I think, said, "No, the WTC was just hit by a plane!" Then I saw a hastily-scrawled note on our door from the building's director: "Stay away from government buildings--there have been terrorist attacks in NY and DC." It was while sitting in the waiting room of a local state agency shortly after this that a bunch of us saw the second plane hit the Towers. I raced up to the University District, got online at my church's library, and started looking up any news source I could--all while hoping and praying that the hijackers weren't Muslims, because I have loads of Muslim friends in Seattle, and...well, you can imagine how they felt then...
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    WhitU4ever WhitU4ever Sep 11, 2009 @ 6:48 pm
    I was driving to work when I noticed that the usual planes that flew over the freeway were not flying anymore. I turned on the radio to discover why. When I arrived at work, everyone was in the back room watching a portable TV that they had borrowed from the school. We were all crying. No one could concentrate, so we were sent home to be with our families for the rest of the day.

    I worked at a church, and shortly after 911, we received one call after another to pray for the safety of soldiers volunteering to go to war.
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    dlgray dlgray Sep 8, 2009 @ 11:33 pm
    We were out of the country in the Cayman Islands on a boat tour to Stingray City. We saw the 2nd plane hit the tower live on TV before we left for the tour. When we got there, we all took a vote on whether to continue on with the trip. There was a couple from NY on the tour. We left it up to them. They agreed to go on with the tour....it was a VERY somber time. The wife of the tour operator kept calling us on the ship and updating what was happening. When the towers fell we were on the way back in and all was silent for the rest of the tour. It gives me chills just to think about it even today!!! We were locked out of the country for 5 days. No international flights were allowed in or out. All the Caymanians were putting out US flags and offering us condolences. We left for home on the 6th day and it was the longest trip of our life as you can well imagine what was going on at the airports!!!!
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    WendyKrick WendyKrick Jun 16, 2009 @ 2:29 pm
    My hubby and I were watching the today show. We live in Maryland, pretty close to DC. When the second plane hit we just instinctively went to the school to pick up our 3 kids. They actually closed school early that day.
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