Thoughts for Today
Earlier today, I attended a job fair in Birmingham, AL. As I went, my thoughts were “This is a large town and there’s very likely to be a lot of people there. What are the chances?” The next thought was, “Well, this is a job fair and will probably be like others I’ve attended, therefore a representative from some area of the Army is likely to be there.” When I made my way around to the various booths, I wasn’t at all surprised to see 2 representatives from some area of the Army there. One, an officer in the Army National Guard (I wish I’d paid attention to his rank as he seemed highly decorated and wearing what I assume was his dress uniform. Or maybe it just seemed so under those medals.), I actually got up the courage (though not really difficult for me to do) to go up to him and thank him for serving his country. Thinking of it now, I believe I may have just said thank you and not specified what for. However, he appreciated it all the same.
Later, I joined my brother, sister-in-law, and niece for lunch (we decided to eat out). On the way, I started noticing some flags flying at half mast. There may have been some other reason for it, but I truly believe it was because of the day.
Another thing that caught my attention actually occurred last night. My sister-in-law and I were trying to decide whether or not to attend a conference today. She wondered what the topic would be so I pulled out her conference packet and checked. The topic was “Our Sovereign God: God’s Power And Goodness in A World Of Joy And Suffering.” The speaker, Dr. Bruce Ware, mentioned September 11 a few times in his talk and furthermore indicated that it wasn’t until later that he and the others involved in this event realized that significance of the topic with the day it was to be given. By the way, I found the night’s service to be extremely good.
Going back in the day a bit…
Earlier today, I was working on my traditional poem and finding it rather difficult as I didn’t have my usual resources. As I stated in my last post, I generally rely pretty heavily on a video called “America Remembers.” here’s something I discovered as I struggled to write. “Music always seems evoke an emotional response from people. However, as I read “Feature: Snapshots of sympathy” by Al Webb, I found myself in tears.” I can still remember the very first time I read that article. It was around the time of 911 and the response it evoked in me then was the same as it was today. Had I continued to allow myself to read other articles, poems, songs, discussions, etc (which I’d collected) I may have had that same response.
Again, I want to thank all the men and women of the US Armed Forces, but especially those serving in this War on Terrorism, thank you for serving your country.