September 11
On crisp, clear day
The planes would come,
Their engines pregnant
With fiery death.
With hatred fueled,
With vengeance filled,
Men hardened to
A self-made death.
The planes collided
With steel and glass;
The carnage coming
No one could guess.
Our hearts were torn,
Our minds grew numb.
The horror made
Our tongues grow dumb.
Yet in it all
Our God was there.
His mercy great
None can compare.
No one can answer
All these tears.
Only our God
Can calm our fears.
clarakatalin 
Since all have sinned …
I recall that as a teenager, I happened to watch a documentary in which a Jewish survivor of the World War II concentration camps was narrating his experience at the Nuremberg trials, which were held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. The Jewish survivor, while listening to one of those on trial speak, suddenly fainted. When he regained consciousness, he was able to recall why he had fainted — he had suddenly realized as he listened to the man on trial, that he himself, given certain circumstances, would be just as capable of committing the same crimes.
How much do we need God’s mercy, “since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God … ” (Romans 3:23). Lord, help us to allow you to change our hearts.
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