Forget it?

Today I read a Facebook entry regarding the 9/11 attack on America that lamented, "I don't want to be reminded of 9/11. Why don't we just forget it?  Am I the only one that doesn't get it" 

I only wish that this individual was the only one that didn't get it, but that is not true.  The smoke had barely cleared at ground zero before people forgot.   To forget is to denigrate the sacrifice of hundreds of firefighters, and police and everyday heroes that lost their lives saving others. 

To bury our heads in the ground, unwilling to recognize that there are those who will do anything to destroy us, is to invite them to totally bury us.

I will not forget.  I know where I was.  I know how the event changed our country forever.  To forget history is to forfeit the future. 

I choose to remember.

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[Wes Roberts]

...preach it, brother!!!

...and amen!!!!!!!

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Mark Harris--I Wish You Were Here
Remembering 9/11 and all those who died and all those service people and their families who give so much!

Verse 1
I wanted to tell you how closely I've kept
The memories of you in my heart
And all of the lifetimes that we've had to share
Live even though we're apart

But don't cry for me
'Cause I'm finally free

Chorus:
To run with the angels
On streets made of gold
To listen to stories of saints new and old
To worship our Maker
That's where I'll be
When you finally find me

Verse 2
Now don't you be weary cause waiting for you
Are wonders that you've never known
Just hold on to Jesus, reach out for His hands
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And one day they'll welcome you home

And that's when you'll be
Finally Free
Finally Free

Chorus

I wish you were here 2x

Bridge
And all of the dreams that you treasure
Will soon come together
And that's when your sorrow will find tomorrow
And you will rise again

Chorus 2x

I wish you were here 3x

[Amy Schrock Fry]

Ken,
I too, choose to remember. Always. Thank you for putting my feelings into the words I can't seem to articulate well.