tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post6582980866882909681..comments2023-06-14T07:03:19.543-05:00Comments on A Round Unvarnish'd Tale: The Ghost of 9/11 PastCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04817680463922038375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-79161540544999407992011-09-16T09:27:19.822-05:002011-09-16T09:27:19.822-05:00I had my (older) children watch the real-time foot...I had my (older) children watch the real-time footage last Sunday of the planes hitting the twin towers. They were too young when it happened to be aware of the attacks and they have only heard references made to the event over the years without really visualizing what happened. <br /><br />I don't think it is wallowing if we the parents are using (remembrances of) these happenings as opportunities to interpret what effects sin and evil has on us all - personally, as families, as communities, and as a nation. <br /><br />I don't want my children to be ignorant of "terrorism" in the world or of the suffering caused by it. <br />On the other hand, when they became appalled and shocked that men could do such things, I had to remind them that the same corrupt wicked heart lies within each of us, the ones that put Jesus to death on the Cross. Sin is real. Pain is real. Death is real. <br /><br />But Jesus, our Savior, our only hope, conquered sin and death, and is more real than all else.<br /><br />That is what we talked to our children about last Sunday.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02069794229090921826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-28416042560018875562011-09-11T16:22:43.037-05:002011-09-11T16:22:43.037-05:00Cheryl I see the point you are trying to make. I ...Cheryl I see the point you are trying to make. I would wager that people do rejoice in the suffering and destruction they have caused. I do believe also that it’s such a small part of the world’s population it really doesn’t matter what they think. To your larger point we as a nation can never forget what happened. No matter your politics or believes this was an attack on our nation as a whole. To try and hide or forget what happened would first in my opinion lead to us letting our guard down. The more important thing in my mind is to let the world know we are a nation that stands for freedom, and will not be intimidated by anyone at any time. We should remember and we should remember the horror and the grief. In time that will go away but for the foreseeable time I think this generation should always remember.satchmo77https://www.blogger.com/profile/02683985528151340504noreply@blogger.com