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Subject: Daily Devotion for September 11, 2008

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Subject: Daily Devotion for September 11, 2008
From: Pastor Dawn Teuthorn <pastordawn@saintjudes.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:11:24 -0700
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"If I say, 'Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around  
me become night,' even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is  
as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you."  Ps. 139:11-12

Today, I received this email from a parishioner in preparation for  
the anniversary of 9/11.  It connects with my own reflections on what  
makes us who we are?  How do the events of our lives individually and  
collectively shape us?  Are there choices to make as we reflect upon  
any given event from our past in how it influences our words and our  
actions today?  How has God touched you in suffering?  How does God  
touch us?  Here's how one person responds 7 years later.  What is God  
asking of you today, ...tomorrow, ...the days to come?

In Christ,  Dawn

(PS.  As I see the phrase 'flowers in the cracks' I think of a  
country song out now called "I Saw God Today" by George Strait.  A  
simple song that on the surface may seem a bit fluffy... yet it's my  
understanding he is not a man ignorant to pain.  He and his wife lost  
their only daughter to a tragic car accident at age 13 before he ever  
wrote this song.  May you enjoy the precious gifts given to you this  
day.)


Peace be unto you all!

Your Mission for 9/11, 2008

On 9/11, I would like us all, as interested and concerned citizens of  
the world, to photograph and record the world as it is now.

Wherever you are.

Whatever you are doing.

Smile.

Laugh.

Draw pictures.

Take photographs.

Take notes of the moment.

Celebrate the renewal of life.

Celebrate a new spirit of the day.

Cherish the moments and images.

Pray at 11:11 am and 11:11 pm.

Listen to the wind and the world around you.

Record your thoughts and feelings in words and images.

Consider how this day is different than the one seven years before.

Reinvent 9/11 as a day when the Flowers in the Cracks can be found.

Reinvent 9/11 as a day when we can engender Global Understanding.
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