9/11 and The 5 Life Truths I Learned That Day

1. Security can’t be found in a Nation, but in God:
1. If I am real honest, the morning I woke up in Senatobia, Ms on September 11, 2001, I felt like America, myself, and my world was indestructible; A 19 year old kid had no reason to think otherwise. However, after watching the towers fall, I realized that America is not as safe as the America I had previously experienced. My Hope could not be in a nation; but in God. He has promised the only security we can find in this world. 

1. What provides humanity a sense of morality “religion”, can be held hostage and leveraged for evil:
1. This is one of the first paradoxes I experienced. I can remember studying a proof of God’s existence through innate morality in philosophy 101 in the fall of 2001. Little did I know the greatest tool evil uses is religion itself. September 11, 2001 taught me that man was capable of evil more that I could ever think or imagine; the depravity of man was inarguably evident in this new world. 

1. The only Hope we have during uncertain and difficult time is in God through prayer:
1. While I was struggling with all of the “why” questions for God, I knew that He was the only person to provide humanity with Hope and Healing. The evening of 9.11.01, our campus called for a campus-wide prayer. It was in those moments of prayer that I felt comfort, community, and hope for the future. Where else can this be found? It felt Good to be huddled praying together on a public campus in America; we were unified with a common purpose. And completely trusting in the only hope we had that night...Divine guidance.

1. The worlds problems are much larger than the ones we experience: 
1. This truth is hauntingly comforting because we are not alone in our suffering; someone else is experiencing just as much or more pain than we are. My greatest concern on September 11, 2001 was worrying about failing my chemistry class. Little did I know the battery operated radio my professor pulled out of her desk would deliver news that would change America forever. The world’s problems were much larger than the world I experienced at that time. I finally realized that God had a specific plan for me to make a difference in the world that He has created for me.

      1. If the eternity you envision is wrong, you will be shocked when you die. 

                    a. Much like the terrorists believed, i believe everyone spends forever somewhere. Unlike the terrorists, I don't believe they are experiencing the women of paradise right now; eternity is too long to get religion and spirituality wrong.