911 Remembered

Posted by Larry Miller on September 11, 2009 under Why | Be the First to Comment

Today most of us thinking back to that awful day when our country was brutally attacked by nineteen men blinded by hate fueled by following an evilly false doctrine. We were taken by surprise – how could anyone hate such good people like us? This question brings up two important points. First, that the hatred of the Islamofascists is only logical from within their distorted view of the world. Second, that there actually are many who show disdain for what our great country has traditionally stood for – some living among us… and some in our leadership.

The sad and frightening part about this is that after two world tours apologizing for America’s misdeeds and surrounding himself with people who denounce the idea of American exceptionalism, it’s hard to have confidence in our President’s ability or inclination to protect us from further attacks. This uneasy feeling is enhanced when we see him more open to friendship with our enemies like Hugo Chavez than our traditional friends like Great Britain or Israel.

It is apparent that we shall have to depend on divine protection if we are to survive this peril, as it is clear we cannot look to an incompetent and unconcerned government for our safety. This is the same divine providence that provided the screen of fog that shielded George Washington’s retreating troops from pursuing British regulars at Brooklyn Heights in 1776. This is as it has always been from that time forward, but more so today than ever, which is ironic as our leaders are attempting more and more every day to be the primary source of our salvation.

So, let’s pause and remember the Americans who lost their lives that terrible day, along with the heroes who died trying to save them… and all their surviving families. They did not deserve their fate. There is so much blame to go around, but our government knew about most, if not all, of these murderers. No one was working to protect us from them. No one was paying attention to the potential for this disaster. Few understood that some people hated us because of our prosperity, freedom and our reputation as a Christian nation. In some ways we can understand this failure because nothing like this had ever happened to us before. But now, with an administration that cannot even bring itself to call it a war or terrorist activity, we need to understand where our protection comes from.

Why was the hand of protection lifted from our country that day eight years ago? I don’t know. However it did get our attention for a while before we went back to our old acquisitive, self-centered ways. We might want to look at the financial collapse as another warning to change our ways to ones we know are more noble and worthy of our great country. What will have to happen before we recognize that killing millions of babies, recognizing homosexual marriage, robbing from one group to give to another and all sorts of other moral failures is not the way to prosperity and happiness. Hopefully we learn the lesson soon before we are totally destroyed.