Ten years ago, American history changed forever.
It’s strange that my kids will grow up in a world with no World Trade Center towers, no undamaged Pentagon, no unbloodied Pennsylvania countryside. They will never know the innocence of an unattacked America. They have never known an America not at war.
So often these days it feels like we are experiencing catastrophe after catastrophe. We aren’t safe abroad, we aren’t safe at home – we aren’t even safe in our homes.
But it is possible to look forward to the future. Not because we could elect a President who would appease the international communities. Not because we could build structures impervious to bombs or planes or intruders. No, sin will always infect this world. But this world is not our home. We are here for such a short span of time – some much shorter than others – and then we will be in eternity.
Can you look forward to your future? Who are you trusting for your safety? The government? The military? They may save your body, but they can never save your soul. Trust in the Lord, and the sacrifice of His Son for your sins. "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God” (Psalm 20:7).
“Jesus is coming! His saints to release;
Coming to give to the warring earth peace:
Sinning and sighing, and sorrow shall cease.
Jesus is coming again.”
– Daniel Whittle
Beautifully written, Emily.