Everyone remembers what they were doing, where they were at and how they felt when they heard about 9/11. I don't know anyone who had access to a television and wasn't glued to it or listening to it on the radio. It's one of those moments that we will always remember. It's the single most historic event that has happened that I remember in my lifetime. I remember that as sad it was to watch I still could not stop watching the news and clips from this tragedy. Although we heard mostly tragic stories there were also some good ones. There were stories of the people who had never been late or missed work in there lives but for some Godly reason (and I mean Godly) they were late that day or called in sick. But it still did not change the feelings we had. We all changed emotions from shock to anger to sadness to hope and not necessarily in that order. The one thing that stood out the most was that through this tragedy everyone came together especially the Church.

9/11 happened on a Tuesday and that was the day that the Church I attended always has prayer night. I remember going to Church and not being able to park because there was so many people. I was thinking "Wow, is this what it takes to get people to Church". Then I thought what better place to be than Church. What better place to be to share your sadness and anger. What better place to be to get comfort, support and hope. There was no place that I wanted to be than with the people that I spent much of my time with. For a long time Church attendance was high in every Church no matter what denomination or Church you attended. It was a time of togetherness. It was a time that everyone had in common. It was a time that had people feeling like they needed to change and get closer to God. Many did get closer to God but for some it didn't last long. This is not the point that I'm trying to make.

I really just want for all of us to think about that day and the months that followed to remember how the Church stood together. It was a period that I feel that Jesus was looking down smiling at how we united and how we were One Body. This is what is needed now; a time that it doesn't matter what denomination we are or Church we do or do not attend. We are all One Body. It's a time to be the Church. It's about hope in a time of hopelessness. I don't want to sound corny but if we think back it was a time of togetherness. It shouldn't take a tragedy for this to happen but sadly it sometimes does. It happens within our own lives. We wait for something bad to happen before we get together. Sometimes it's too late. We always say life is too short but we still take our lives for granted. We worry and get depressed about things that are temporary. And then when something bad happen those things that you were worried about seem so insignificant. I know we all do it because I'm not exempt but I have to really work on that. There are so many worse off than us and instead of focusing on our problems we can be the Church and focus on others to help. Believe it or not there are so many that are worse off than us but are content with there lives.