9.11.01/what were you doing?

Theresa · #1 09-11-2008, 12:22 PM

I was at work and my boss came in telling about it, we went into the bar at the hotel and watched it.....it was very surreal for me. I called my mom and asked her what was going on, that I didnt think this kind of thing would happen in the US till the "end"...

it was very scary, surreal....we moved around in suspended animation all day. We got a lot of distressed passengers as they closed the airports. It was weird being in a war zone...we got stranded federal employees and others from businesses in downtown that were immediatly locked down.....

I was backslidden at the time, it was even scarier for me, I'd never felt so vulnerable and lost...

Margies3 · #2 09-11-2008, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Theresa

I was at work and my boss came in telling about it, we went into the bar at the hotel and watched it.....it was very surreal for me. I called my mom and asked her what was going on, that I didnt think this kind of thing would happen in the US till the "end"...

it was very scary, surreal....we moved around in suspended animation all day. We got a lot of distressed passengers as they closed the airports. It was weird being in a war zone...we got stranded federal employees and others from businesses in downtown that were immediatly locked down.....

I was backslidden at the time, it was even scarier for me, I'd never felt so vulnerable and lost...

Theresa, is that what brought you back into the church?

Theresa · #3 09-11-2008, 12:32 PM

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Theresa, is that what brought you back into the church?

sadly no. The scare I got out of the 9/11 events wore off...

but when my daughter was born I was back in church the next time the doors opened and had her dedicated. It's one thing for ME to be vulnerable, but I had a little girl that needed the protection of God and she was going to be raised in church. It wasnt about holiness or standards or any of the stuff that goes along with being in "church" as I was raised...that was all immaterial. I knew the doctrine was right and I knew what I was SUPPOSED to do.....now I HAD to do it for my child....she wouldnt survive in this world without the protection of God...

She's almost 5 now.....and the scare hasnt worn off

Margies3 · #4 09-11-2008, 12:38 PM

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sadly no. The scare I got out of the 9/11 events wore off...

but when my daughter was born I was back in church the next time the doors opened and had her dedicated. It's one thing for ME to be vulnerable, but I had a little girl that needed the protection of God and she was going to be raised in church. It wasnt about holiness or standards or any of the stuff that goes along with being in "church" as I was raised...that was all immaterial. I knew the doctrine was right and I knew what I was SUPPOSED to do.....now I HAD to do it for my child....she wouldnt survive in this world without the protection of God...

She's almost 5 now.....and the scare hasnt worn off

I think there were alot of people who came back that day. I wonder where many of them are today?

You had a very good reason to get back to God. They say, "A little child shall lead them." Who knew she would be THAT little, eh?

nahkoe · #5 09-11-2008, 02:48 PM

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I think there were alot of people who came back that day. I wonder where many of them are today?

You had a very good reason to get back to God. They say, "A little child shall lead them." Who knew she would be THAT little, eh?

Oddly enough, 9/11 coupled with a near death experience when my third was born almost a month later are what pushed me *completely* into witchcraft and paganism and shamanism and all the other isms I got myself into. I'd been riding the fence for awhile, had been out of church for almost 2 years at that point, but the combined experiences, plus a few others, got me off the fence.

Margies3 · #6 09-11-2008, 04:59 PM

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Oddly enough, 9/11 coupled with a near death experience when my third was born almost a month later are what pushed me *completely* into witchcraft and paganism and shamanism and all the other isms I got myself into. I'd been riding the fence for awhile, had been out of church for almost 2 years at that point, but the combined experiences, plus a few others, got me off the fence.

Nahkoe, would you mind sharing either here or in a different thread, how it was that you came from witchcraft to be saved? I'm interested

nahkoe · #7 09-11-2008, 05:09 PM

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Nahkoe, would you mind sharing either here or in a different thread, how it was that you came from witchcraft to be saved? I'm interested

The last 15 months would require a book to tell. lol I don't mind sharing though, let me get the kids settled in (YEAH! Kid chaos! You have no idea how much I'm enjoying this) and I'll try to type something out tonight.