As Christians, our citizenship is in Heaven. However, while on earth, we are citizens and part of the sovereignty of the USA where we have a right to choose our leaders through our vote. While some may never be impressed with any candidate at any time, I’m convinced that it’s our sovereign duty to vote. When all else fails in a candidate, I look at their stance on the sanctity of life.
On this day in history in 1982, we learned of the tragic car accident that culminated in the death of beloved actress and Philadelphian Grace Kelly. In death there is a shocking reminder of just how fragile life really is. I went to school with her namesake niece, Grace Le Vine, who also died in the prime of her life to cancer. As life is so precious, I count each day as a gift to do with it what God would have me do. With each passing year, I’m convicted of having wasted so much time on frivolous things and empty pursuits and have vowed to make the most of the time left because as the Bible says: The days are fleeting…
Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy that befell our nation. Some say we shouldn’t call it an anniversary, because that connotes something positive. So let’s just call it the annual remembrance of that tragic Tuesday morning when the clear blue sky above the Hudson River began to cloud with smoke as the Twin Towers, one by one, smouldered and crumbled to the ground. The day that changed the course of history for our nation will never be forgotten.
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