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Note: This is the devotional that was sent the day after 9/11 last year.
It seemed to me that it would be good to read it again on this day of
remembrance. Let us pray for the comfort and peace of all those affected by
9/11 terrorist attacks. Let us pray that such destruction never occurs
again.

The Burning Bush Devotional
09.11.02 (Originally sent 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 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 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.

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