Doing God a Favor?

“…the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.” (John 16:2)

On that beautiful morning, September 11, 2001, little did we realize that America was about to be radically changed and shaken to the core.

Men of a strange, unfamiliar religion to most Americans commandeered four commercial airliners with the intent of killing hundreds of Americans in the name of their god, thinking they were doing God a favor.

Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center Towers, one was flown into the Pentagon and the fourth was taken over from the hi-jackers by brave men on board and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed that day by suicide killers who thought they were doing God a favor.

God has been gracious and merciful to America as we have attempted to recover from that day fifteen years ago. We must establish a renewed patriotism, not letting it become our religion, but being strong and united. We need a spiritual renewal as we again allow God to speak to us and direct us as He did in the days of our nation’s beginning.

Let us hold in reverential memory the many people who lost their lives that day and pray for the family members who continue to struggle with the terrible losses that came to them because misguided men thought they were doing God a favor.