聽 聽 聽As I sit at my desk penning these words, I can鈥檛 help but think of another morning fifteen years ago today when I was doing the same thing, sitting at my desk, working on a writing assignment. Suddenly I heard my husband call me to the living room. 鈥淎 plane just flew into a tower in New York,鈥� he told me and that鈥檚 where the similarities end.
聽 聽 聽On that fateful day in 2011 we were living in Saskatoon and I was working for a U.S. based company; to add to the very real drama, a number of that company鈥檚 employees were working in New York City as the horror of 9/11 unfolded.聽 Fifteen years later the memories are as vivid as they were back then.
聽 聽 聽A decade and a half has passed, we鈥檝e moved to the West Coast, watched two granddaughters grow up and embark on professional careers and, last week, a third enter Grade One. Needless to say our hair has turned gray over the years and our pace of living has slowed down鈥ut we still remember because some things are forever etched in the heart and mind.
聽 聽 聽This morning we celebrated another cause for remembrance: a celebration of Communion, known to some as The Lord鈥檚 Supper and to yet others, as the rite of Eucharist. But by whatever name we use, it is the demonstrated love of God to mankind that gives us cause to carry on and even to rejoice. In spite of the angry outbursts across our globe, the unspeakable consequences of both natural and man-made disasters and our own personal challenges, we are precious in His sight.
聽 聽 聽Here鈥檚 some encouragement for the coming week: 鈥淪ome trust in chariots and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God...we have risen and stand upright鈥� Psalm 20:7, 8
