Legacy

Today is the 10 year anniversary of 9/11...a day forever etched in our American minds. I know exactly where I was...and how I felt.

As I tearfully scroll through dramatic pictures, the raw emotions and the helpless feeling I had that day immediately return.

Millions of Americans woke up that day like any other day, rushing off to work or school or to catch a plane...and thousands were killed, many giving their lives to save others. Heroes. A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson

What made one man decide to let others go down the stairwell before him? What kind of man, knowing his fate, fought suicidal hijackers and took control of a doomed plane?

Legacy is defined as something handed down from one person or generation to another; a gift. The legacy of the people that stood in harm's way to save others lives on today. Thousands of lives saved, hundreds of fatherless babies born, tons of unanswered questions and the rebirth of patriotism amidst true American tragedy is the legacy of 9/11/01.

Today, take just a moment, not just to honor those who gave their lives a decade ago, but to honor our American troops, the families left behind, and the legacy that lives on today.

Did you know that the fires at Ground Zero burned for 99 days? Over 3000 children lost a parent? That even though 10 years have passed, we can just look at one picture and we are there again...watching history unfold, lives forever changed, hearts shattered, and a country deeply wounded.

Psalm 46:10
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

God bless America!