One last call.....

One last call....


Every day, I have a miniature reminder of the 911 memorial . Three little oak trees sit on my window sill by my kitchen sink, growing their leafy greenery for most of the year, losing them in the fall just like their counterparts in New York City.  They started as acorns picked up off the ground by the pool at the 911  site...

Yesterday was the dedication of the museum and I had to pause again thinking of that historic day..where I was, what happened to our country, to the families involved....we were all involved with our hearts, emotions, glued to the tv to see over and over the destruction of buildings, of peoples live, families...then the following days, looking for survivors, finally looking for remains, clues, bit and pieces, salvaging anything....

They say the new memorial starts with that "one last call" from someone on a plane...how many "last calls" were made to distraught families?   How many families waited, wondering if their loved one had made the plane, had gotten to work, were rescued...The rescuers, so many from the fire New York cities departments, became part of the victims as well...they gave to the end...

The memorial even included the metal cross, a sign of hope....the American flag which the recovery team flew, a bicycle rack with unclaimed bikes, a fire truck, empty shoes, thousands  of pieces of memories....tissues for tears ....many exit doors for those who can't go on....

This week it is open for families who were directly effected by this terror attack...and then finally open to the public later...

My prayer is that the families will have closure, be comforted by the sights and sounds of this awful time...that they will comforted even by the memories of their loved ones....we as a nation need it as well...that the cross, as controversial as it has been thru the ages will draw them to Christ, the true comforter.....

Thank YOU for the creativity that has brought this memorial to fruition....Your help to each person involved...Your symbol stands, hearts are touched....may each look to YOU ...be drawn to YOU...through it all....

Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

John 14:1
[ Jesus Comforts His Disciples ] “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.

2 Corinthians 1:3-7
Praise to the God of All Comfort

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.


http://video.foxnews.com/v/3569569058001/inside-the-september-11-memorial-museum/#sp=show-clips

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sJuGWJdCZDw

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