I've noticed that this last week or two, there have been a plethora of television specials about 9/11.  Even my local news has been featuring a little segment daily on reflections from that day.  Personally, I think it's wise to remember and mark such occasions.  I am pleased to see us as a country reflecting on that day as the 10th anniversary looms ahead.  Although, I also wonder about all the other anniversaries between the first one and this one, when I think we've been a bit too lazy in marking this day in history?  

In any event, I have found it true in my own life that remembering even the hard milestones can be encouraging--a vivid reminder of the pits that I've been redeemed from, the wounds that have healed, even if a scar is left in their place.  As Beth Moore says, sometimes we need to go back to see God as Lord of our past so that He can truly be Lord of our todays and our tomorrows.  He is, after all, the same YESTERDAY, today and forever.  


Last night, as I was flipping through my Bible during Bible study, my eyes went to a particular verse in 1 Samuel.  I marked it as one to share with my children on their nightly Bible verse index cards that I leave on their pillows.