September 11 was not just a tragedy. It was an invasion. A violation. The enemy did not just strike from afar—they walked among us, boarded our planes, used our freedoms against us, and murdered nearly 3,000 of our own on American soil.
That morning, our defenses were down. Our leaders were unprepared. When the President was informed, he sat in silence. The nation was not. We screamed in horror as the towers fell, as smoke rose from the Pentagon, and as a plane turned into a missile over a quiet Pennsylvania field.
9/11 was not just about lives lost. It was about the shattering of innocence, the breaking of trust, and the feeling that we had been raped of our security, our pride, our very identity as Americans.
The Shock of That Morning
No one believed the enemy could strike us here—our cities, our landmarks, our very skies turned into weapons. We watched it all unfold live, helpless. The Twin Towers collapsing. People leaping to their deaths rather than burn alive. Ash-covered New Yorkers wandering streets like ghosts of war.
And for the first time in a generation, America realized: we were not untouchable.
The Questions That Haunt Us
Where was God? Why were we not warned? How did we let the enemy blend among us so easily? How could hatred grow so strong that it would turn passenger jets into flying bombs?
The questions still sting. The pain still lingers.
But God Was Still There
Even in the violation, even in the ashes, God did not leave. He was in the firefighter climbing 100 stories knowing he would not come back. He was in the police officer pulling strangers from rubble. He was in the passengers on Flight 93 who stormed the cockpit, whispering prayers as they fought to save lives.
He was in the hands that dug through debris, in the tears shed by millions, in the churches that filled that week with people who had not prayed in years.
The Faith We Cannot Abandon
9/11 should never be remembered as just an attack. It was a wake-up call. A reminder that evil is real, that enemies hide in plain sight, and that freedom is fragile.
But it was also a reminder that faith is stronger than fear. That even in our darkest hour, God’s presence is unshakable.
Jesus said: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
We may have been violated. We may have been caught off guard. But we were not abandoned.
A Call to Remember
As we remember 9/11, let us not only honor the lives taken but confront the truth: our soil was invaded, our security ripped away, and our nation changed forever.
And let us also remember that even in the face of evil, faith remains the one foundation that cannot be stolen, burned, or destroyed.
