BBD 09.10.21 Strong Towers (Classic - written day after 9/11)

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Classic from 2001

The Burning Bush Devotional

10 September 2021

I wrote
this the day after 9/11 – 09.12.01

Strong Towers

The name
of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. - Proverbs
18:10.

We are
still in shock and horrified after the destruction of the terrorist attacks
upon the United States yesterday. The World Trade Center had already withstood
one terrorist attack in 1993. Who would have thought that those towers could
have so quickly been destroyed?

Yesterday,
I listened to two architects who discussed the construction of the World Trade
Center towers. According to them the towers were designed to withstand the
crash of a Boeing 707. What the towers were not designed for was the crash of a
plane still loaded with most of the jet fuel. The steel had been treated to
withstand fires of paper and wood but not the thousand-degree prolonged fire of
jet fuel. The buildings withstood the initial crashes well but could not
withstand the extreme heat, which caused the steel to lose strength and
collapse.

According
to the architects it would be possible for a building to be built with the
steel coated in such a way that would enable it to even withstand the jet fuel
fires which caused so much destruction yesterday. However, even if the World
Trade Center Towers were to be rebuilt to be resistant to jet fuel fires they
could still be destroyed. They could be destroyed through atomic attack or even
by an earthquake. The fact is that there is not a building that man can build
that cannot be destroyed in some way. There is no place completely safe in this
world from every kind of danger or enemy.

There
is only one place of ultimate safety for the human race. That place of safety
is a Strong Tower not made with human hands. That place of safety is
the Strong Tower of the Lord. The only way of entry is through Jesus
Christ (John 14:6). Let us run to the Strong Tower
of our Lord.

Personal
Note Concerning Events of September 11, 2001: I had been at the church praying
and had just walked back over to the parsonage when I started watching the news
this morning just in time to be shocked to see the second plane crash into the
World Trade Center. That was just the first of many shocks this day has held so
far as I watched with horror the events that have unfolded. Once again we have
been forced to take our minds off of our little petty problems and think of the
agony of life and death. We pray for those who are still alive but trapped. We
pray for those who have been injured but struggling to survive. We pray for
those whose loved ones have been killed or injured. Let us look to our Lord
during this time. Isaiah 26:3 comes to
mind. "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee." - Ed Wrather
09-11-01.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops especially in Afghanistan and
help for Americans and those who are fearing for their lives there in that
place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; and Shonda
Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the virus
to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed and
for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through this
pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
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Classic from 2001

The Burning Bush Devotional

10 September 2021

I wrote
this the day after 9/11 – 09.12.01

Strong Towers

The name
of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. - Proverbs
18:10.

We are
still in shock and horrified after the destruction of the terrorist attacks
upon the United States yesterday. The World Trade Center had already withstood
one terrorist attack in 1993. Who would have thought that those towers could
have so quickly been destroyed?

Yesterday,
I listened to two architects who discussed the construction of the World Trade
Center towers. According to them the towers were designed to withstand the
crash of a Boeing 707. What the towers were not designed for was the crash of a
plane still loaded with most of the jet fuel. The steel had been treated to
withstand fires of paper and wood but not the thousand-degree prolonged fire of
jet fuel. The buildings withstood the initial crashes well but could not
withstand the extreme heat, which caused the steel to lose strength and
collapse.

According
to the architects it would be possible for a building to be built with the
steel coated in such a way that would enable it to even withstand the jet fuel
fires which caused so much destruction yesterday. However, even if the World
Trade Center Towers were to be rebuilt to be resistant to jet fuel fires they
could still be destroyed. They could be destroyed through atomic attack or even
by an earthquake. The fact is that there is not a building that man can build
that cannot be destroyed in some way. There is no place completely safe in this
world from every kind of danger or enemy.

There
is only one place of ultimate safety for the human race. That place of safety
is a Strong Tower not made with human hands. That place of safety is
the Strong Tower of the Lord. The only way of entry is through Jesus
Christ (John 14:6). Let us run to the Strong Tower
of our Lord.

Personal
Note Concerning Events of September 11, 2001: I had been at the church praying
and had just walked back over to the parsonage when I started watching the news
this morning just in time to be shocked to see the second plane crash into the
World Trade Center. That was just the first of many shocks this day has held so
far as I watched with horror the events that have unfolded. Once again we have
been forced to take our minds off of our little petty problems and think of the
agony of life and death. We pray for those who are still alive but trapped. We
pray for those who have been injured but struggling to survive. We pray for
those whose loved ones have been killed or injured. Let us look to our Lord
during this time. Isaiah 26:3 comes to
mind. "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee." - Ed Wrather
09-11-01.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan. May
they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for the people
of Afghanistan and the people of Haiti. Pray that America would turn back to
God. Please pray for protection of our troops especially in Afghanistan and
help for Americans and those who are fearing for their lives there in that
place. May God help them all!!

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; and Shonda
Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the virus
to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed and
for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through this
pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time constraints
the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a blank email
to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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