9/11

Today marks the 6th anniversary of the attack on the world trade center towers. I guess since this is the first time it has fallen on Tuesday it seems particularly poignant. I find myself grateful. I am grateful for 6 years of safety and 6 years of freedom. I have in the last 6 years gone to church and to malls, traveled in planes, trains and automobiles and I have done so without incident and so I am grateful. I also realize it has not been without cost. I am one who believes that the lives given in Iraq have saved lives here...maybe my own. I am grateful. Today is a sober day for me but one filled with the goodness of sacrifice acknowledged and appreciated. It is also a day that reminds me of the One who exchanged his life for mine so I could be free.