Ten Years Ago Today

Ten Years Ago Today – By Dave Watson, An Urban Christian

Ten years ago it was a beautiful September morning,
A perfect transition from summer to fall.

Ten years ago it was just another work day, a school day, a Tuesday
A Primary Day to choose Mayoral candidates

Ten years ago the city felt good, housing was up, the economy was great, stocks were high and our spirits were even higher.

But all that changed ten years ago, ten years ago today.
And we will never forget!

Ten years ago terror struck our city
Struck our towers, struck them twice

Ten years ago evil incarnate showed up and did the unimaginable
Nearly three thousand innocents were murdered, murdered in broad daylight

Moms and dads, sons and daughters, sisters and brothers,
Snuffed out by the thief who comes but to rob and to kill and to destroy

Oh the horror ten years ago, ten years ago today.
And we can never forgot

And then their were the firefighters and cops
The probies and the vets who ascended the towers and never came back

They journeyed from their firehouses & their precincts as they had so many days before
But this time it was different, different in the worst kind of way
For many it was the last ride of their lives

They fulfilled their calling as public servants.
They were and always will be NYC’s Finest and NYC’s Bravest

They became forever this cities heroes ten years ago, ten years ago today
And we must never forget


Today it’s 9-11 instead of September 11th
Today we are still on edge, still nervous about another attack

Today they have filled the hole and began the rebuilding
Today they say there’s closure since we got Bin Laden

But today there are still empty seats at dinners
Today there are empty seats at christenings, at graduations and at Little League games too.

Today there are empty spaces where dad was suppose to be at the wedding or where mom was suppose be at the baby shower
But most of all there are empty places in our hearts

So Lord we pray this day we will feel your presence and know your love.
Without you we can’t make it through this season, this day

They say time heals all wounds but Lord, you don’t say that, they do
Some holes are just so deep that gravel and steel and buildings and time cannot fill them.
Only eternity can. Then You will wipe away every tear from our eyes
Until then, we can never forget

The horror, the pain, the disbelief,
The courage, the faith, the duty, so clearly displayed
Ten years ago, ten years ago today

proverbs 31

A good reason to open my big mouth - Proverbs 31:8-9 - 8 Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,defend the rights of the poor and needy

proverbs 30

A good prayer for every day - Proverbs 30:8-9. 8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying;give me neither poverty nor riches;feed me with the food that is needful for me,9 lest I be full and deny youand say, "Who is the Lord?"or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.

proverbs 29

So when I just have to give someone a piece of my mind I would be a ..........

Proverbs 29:11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back.

proverbs 28

Voting by my conduct

Proverbs 28:4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law strive against them.

proverbs 27

Friendship and Loyalty

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

10 Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.

proverbs 26

What goes around, come around!

27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.