There is real buzz in the air on this 10th anniversary of 9 11. I have heard it on the news, in conversations, at services, this sense that we have dealt with the initial shock, but that there is much more to be done - lest we get complacent.
In church, Pastor showed a video of remembrances. It was very stirring. I doubt there was a dry eye in the house. At 11:11 in the morning on September 11, 2011, we were all thinking about that day, remembering where we were, how we heard, how our lives were touched, irrevocably altered. I can't help but think of other tragedies like Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima and the concentration camp devastations. I wonder how God takes us in stride for our pettiness and unloving thoughts and deeds.
I can't say as if I came away from the day thinking of ways to revolutionize the world. Mostly my thoughts revolve around how I can be more loving, more understanding, less petty and selfish. I will check in again on 11/11/11 at 11:11 and see if I have made any progress. Perhaps that is a strategy that might work. Everytime I encounter something with 11 in it, I should take an internal inventory and see what ugliness I need to address within myself. Cast it out by God's grace, then determine with God's help to be more loving in measurable ways.
OK - a yardstick I can use to measure by. 11.
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