Where Was God?
I have had many people ask the question,
Where was God in all this horror?"
I was reminded of an interview with
A Holocaust survivor that was asked the
Same question. Her response inspired
The following words.
Where was God in all of this?
God was in the rescue workers
Who were running into the buildings
As most people were running out.
God was in the flight attendant
Who called her husband as her plane
Was being hijacked to tell him that
She loved loved him so.
God was in the people who stood bleeding,
In line to give blood.
God was in the strangers in cars,
Picking up strangers stranded in the city
And taking them home to their families.
God was in the people who were begging to
Volunteer, to do anything to help.
God was in the thousands, if not millions
Who were flooding blood banks thousands of
Miles away to help people they have never met.
God was in the people who comforted someone
Even when they didn't know what to say.
God was in the people who watched and cried
For the people who remain,
Anonymous in name,
But never in their sacrifice.
God is in my neighborhood where I see
Flags waving from every home.
God was in the men and women,
Looking at 110 stories of rubble and seeing
The opportunity to find survivors.
God was with the heroes. most of whom
Will never be on the news.
Whose stories will only be told to their
Closet friends and family.
But who saved someone's mother, father,
Sister, brother, daughter, son. husband,
Wife, grandmother, grandfather, uncle,
Cousin, lover, colleague, acquaintance,
Teacher, mentor or friend with a single
Act of kindness, compassion and bravery.
God was not in the hearts of the people
That caused these inhumane events,
However, God was indeed there,
Where He was needed the most.
~Author Unknown~
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