09/11/2026
Sep 11…DAILY ENCOUNTER
… Remember what today means?
…Lam 3:25 “The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;”
… As we watch the devastation of storms and floods across our nation, the wildfires' record destruction out west, and the wars in Iran and Ukraine continuing, it is easy to feel overwhelmed, even despondent. There is, however, something else that demands our attention. Remember where you were 25 years ago today when our nation was brutally attacked by Islamic terrorists. Innocent people were murdered, and we were all shocked. We had been attacked, on our own soil, by an elusive enemy bent on our eradication. As we face massive natural disasters, we also face ongoing terror threats. It all speaks to the fact that there are many wounded, and hurting, people in our world who are struggling with circumstances beyond their control. There are many victims who have borne and are bearing the pain of these tragedies. It is important that we remain vigilant, militarily, against those who would so casually kill the innocent and that we prepare ourselves for the onslaught of the natural disasters of these last days, but our hope, ultimately, cannot rest in our military might nor in our disaster relief preparedness. After all, we are supposed to be “one nation under God”. What we place our hope in, gets our focus, our allegiance, and our energy. It is what we seek. Only Jesus is capable of giving us the hope we need, as we watch and remember. Seek Him, and you will discover that He is good. You will see that you and I were born for such a time as this, to spread the message of hope found in the embrace of Jesus and to help others see the cross, and Jesus' love, rising from the ashes of destruction around us. There is hope! That hope is only found in the embrace of our Savior. Run to Jesus today... And you will live in peace with the hope that, because of Jesus, you will always be the VICTOR, not the VICTIM!