Monday, September 11, 2023

Send us Fan MailThe devotion for today, Monday, September 11, 2023 was written by Ja and is narrated by Larry Carter. Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat:As a mother of a grown child who lived in New York City on September 11, 2001, I find thispoem written by two people also lived there that day to be a perfect remembrance and prayerfor this Patriot Day.Rest in Peace: A poem about September 11, 2001I am a World Trade Center tower, standing tall in the clear blue sky, feeling a violent blow inmy side, andI am a towering inferno of pain and suffering imploding upon myself and collapsing to theground.May I rest in peace.I am a terrified passenger on a hijacked airplane not knowing where we are going or that I amriding on fuel tanks that will be instruments of death, andI am a worker arriving at my office not knowing that in just a moment my future will beobliterated.May I rest in peace.I am a pigeon in the plaza between the two towers eating crumbs from someone’s breakfastwhen fire rains down on me from the skies, andI am a bed of flowers admired daily by thousands of tourists now buried under five stories ofrubble.May I rest in peace.I am a firefighter sent into dark corridors of smoke and debris on a mission of mercy only tohave it collapse around me, andI am a rescue worker risking my life to save lives who is very aware that I may not make it outalive.May I rest in peace.I am a survivor who has fled down the stairs and out of the building to safety who knows thatnothing will ever be the same in my soul again, andI am a doctor in a hospital treating patients burned from head to toe who knows that thesehorrible images will remain in my mind forever.May I know peace.I am a tourist in Times Square looking up at the giant TV screens thinking I’m seeing adisaster movie as I watch the Twin Towers crash to the ground, andI am a New York woman sending e-mails to friends and family letting them know that I amsafe.May I know peace.I am a piece of paper that was on someone’s desk this morning and now I’m debris scatteredby the wind across lower Manhattan, andI am a stone in the graveyard at Trinity Church covered with soot from the buildings that oncestood proudly above me, death meeting death.May I rest in peace.I am a dog sniffing in the rubble for signs of life, doing my best to be of service, andI am a blood donor waiting in line to make a simple but very needed contribution for thevictims.May I know peace…I am a citizen of the world glued to my television set, fighting back my rage and despair atthese horrible events, andI am a person of faith struggling to forgive the unforgivable, praying for the consolation ofthose who have lost loved ones, calling upon the merciful beneficence ofGod/Lord/Allah/Spirit/Higher Power.May I know peace.I am a child of God who believes that we are all children of God and we are all part of oneanother.May we all know peace. Support the show