This week will mark 8 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks on the New York City Trade Center Towers. Unfortunately, don't expect to be much reminded of the event when it comes around, because it won't happen. Those that have filled our TVs with extreme violence, leud manners and loose actions have deemed the pictures and videos of the fateful day "too disturbing" to show. Have you ever wondered why? Why would there be forces that want us to forget an event that brought us together as Americans, united us, had us displaying flags and tearing up as we read "In God We Trust" and "United We Stand" on every business reader board we passed? Why have we forgotten the day that we all swore we would never forget?
I believe, along with an ever growing number of concerned, good and average Americans, that our country is in danger. It is in danger of being turned on its head as principles of freedom and free enterprise, principles that have made us great, are exchanged for Big Brother and fascism. It is in danger of being subjected to an ever growing enormous national debt, held mostly by China, the
interest alone of which we as citizens must furnish $300 billion of our hard earned money every year. As Glenn Beck so adeptly puts its, let's not be the people we were on September 10th, divided and heads buried in the sand. Let's remember how we felt on September 12th and after and unite together to keep our country safe from threatening forces both foreign and
domestic.
However, we must not focus solely on what we as mere humans can do; Heavenly Father's role in keeping our country safe is paramount. Join with me and others by participating in the
September 11th National Day of Fasting and Prayer event. Spend this Friday in fasting and prayer for something we have been endowed with from on high and so desperately need to fight now to maintain: our freedom.
This week will mark 8 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks on the New York City Trade Center Towers. Unfortunately, don't expect to be much reminded of the event when it comes around, because it won't happen. Those that have filled our TVs with extreme violence, leud manners and loose actions have deemed the pictures and videos of the fateful day "too disturbing" to show. Have you ever wondered why? Why would there be forces that want us to forget an event that brought us together as Americans, united us, had us displaying flags and tearing up as we read "In God We Trust" and "United We Stand" on every business reader board we passed? Why have we forgotten the day that we all swore we would never forget?
I believe, along with an ever growing number of concerned, good and average Americans, that our country is in danger. It is in danger of being turned on its head as principles of freedom and free enterprise, principles that have made us great, are exchanged for Big Brother and fascism. It is in danger of being subjected to an ever growing enormous national debt, held mostly by China, the interest alone of which we as citizens must furnish $300 billion of our hard earned money every year. As Glenn Beck so adeptly puts its, let's not be the people we were on September 10th, divided and heads buried in the sand. Let's remember how we felt on September 12th and after and unite together to keep our country safe from threatening forces both foreign and domestic.
However, we must not focus solely on what we as mere humans can do; Heavenly Father's role in keeping our country safe is paramount. Join with me and others by participating in the September 11th National Day of Fasting and Prayer event. Spend this Friday in fasting and prayer for something we have been endowed with from on high and so desperately need to fight now to maintain: our freedom.
5 comments:
Hopefully, we will never forget!
-james
Thanks Mindy! Have you seen the Mormon Messages video about Sept. 11th? Hope we can all bind together as Americans and remember the values our Founding Fathers had in creating this great country.
Yes. That is what I can say. That was a beautiful editorial. You should be a writer. Very deeply moving.
Those pictures still make me tear up. Last year James and I were watching an hour by hour account of the attacks on the History Channel. It was so hard to turn it off. I can't believe how horrible it was. The American Festival Chorus is having a tribute concert this Friday at the Logan Tabernacle to commemorate the events of September 11th. But that's Cache Valley for ya.
I will never forget that day. Remember how Helen of Troy came out of her room and said, "look, there's something happening... " and we went in to her tv and we saw the smoke out of the twin towers?
I cried so much that week.
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