Monday, September 11, 2023

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The devotion for today, Monday, September 11, 2023 was written by Ja and is narrated by Larry Carter. 

Today’s Words of Inspiration come from Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat:

As a mother of a grown child who lived in New York City on September 11, 2001, I find this
poem written by two people also lived there that day to be a perfect remembrance and prayer
for this Patriot Day.

Rest in Peace: A poem about September 11, 2001

I am a World Trade Center tower, standing tall in the clear blue sky, feeling a violent blow in
my side, and
I am a towering inferno of pain and suffering imploding upon myself and collapsing to the
ground.
May I rest in peace.
I am a terrified passenger on a hijacked airplane not knowing where we are going or that I am
riding on fuel tanks that will be instruments of death, and
I am a worker arriving at my office not knowing that in just a moment my future will be
obliterated.
May I rest in peace.
I am a pigeon in the plaza between the two towers eating crumbs from someone’s breakfast
when fire rains down on me from the skies, and
I am a bed of flowers admired daily by thousands of tourists now buried under five stories of
rubble.
May I rest in peace.
I am a firefighter sent into dark corridors of smoke and debris on a mission of mercy only to
have it collapse around me, and
I am a rescue worker risking my life to save lives who is very aware that I may not make it out
alive.
May I rest in peace.
I am a survivor who has fled down the stairs and out of the building to safety who knows that
nothing will ever be the same in my soul again, and
I am a doctor in a hospital treating patients burned from head to toe who knows that these
horrible images will remain in my mind forever.
May I know peace.
I am a tourist in Times Square looking up at the giant TV screens thinking I’m seeing a
disaster movie as I watch the Twin Towers crash to the ground, and
I am a New York woman sending e-mails to friends and family letting them know that I am
safe.
May I know peace.
I am a piece of paper that was on someone’s desk this morning and now I’m debris scattered
by the wind across lower Manhattan, and
I am a stone in the graveyard at Trinity Church covered with soot from the buildings that once
stood proudly above me, death meeting death.
May I rest in peace.
I am a dog sniffing in the rubble for signs of life, doing my best to be of service, and
I am a blood donor waiting in line to make a simple but very needed contribution for the
victims.
May I know peace…

I am a citizen of the world glued to my television set, fighting back my rage and despair at
these horrible events, and
I am a person of faith struggling to forgive the unforgivable, praying for the consolation of

those who have lost loved ones, calling upon the merciful beneficence of
God/Lord/Allah/Spirit/Higher Power.
May I know peace.
I am a child of God who believes that we are all children of God and we are all part of one
another.
May we all know peace.

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