Remembrances

Wow – today is feeling really difficult. I’m having some trouble even getting these thoughts out right now.

Living in the DC area during the attacks really changed my perspective. I don’t mean to say anything against those who weren’t near an attack, I’m sure it affected them incredibly strongly as well, but it just totally hit me near home. I mean, literally – the Pentagon is about a 20 minute drive from where I lived at the time.

I got to watch some of the memorials this morning, and so that was a nice thing to see – the reading of the names at Ground Zero, President Bush’s speech at the Pentagon, the memorial set up in Pennsylvania – it’s so very moving.

This morning, I was really fighting the tears away hard, it was just such a difficult thing to do.

Today helps remind me how important my salvation is to me – to know, that through all of the stuff going on down here, the only true risk to me is some petty pain – death isn’t anything to fear anymore.

Mind you, I’m not saying that I want to die or anything, there are so many, many things I love about life, such as my wonderful and beautiful wife Lisa, or the joy I get from learning about computers or about physics, the wonderful and fascinating set of rules that God crafted up for us.

I’m listening to the radio, a Christian pop station in the area, and the song playing is titled “My Best Friend is the Creator of the Universe,” with a verse that says “Although he’s bigger than the milky way, he wants to know about my life today.” I couldn’t agree more. It’s simply amazing that the Creator himself cares about us all – each and every one of us.

For those of you reading who don’t have the same belief system that I do, I hope that you understand how sincere I am about all that I write. At one point, I didn’t believe in God either, but it’s just so amazing how much my belief has changed my life and made it better. I’m willing to share on a personal level if you wish – I’m not the best of guys to talk about with it, I’m still learning so much, but I know what I know, and how wonderful it’s made my life.

I hope that you all keep in mind what occurred a year ago today – light a candle in remembrance.