Worst Day In History

As a child, I could never figure out why people my Grandparents' age cried when recounting Pearl Harbor, WW II  or Korea.( I knew why I cried when I realized what Vietnam was. It was because my uncle served there, and got no hero's welcome when he returned.To this day, I don't think he has gotten a thank you!)
On Sept 11, 2001, I totally understood why it made people cry so many years later when my elders talked about the moment that shifted the direction of that generation.
In a few days, we will be honoring those who passed away in the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a Field in Pennsylvania, and I cry every time I see the familiar billows of smoke.A Journalist once referred to that day as the Worst Day in History.
 I don't even have to have sound on my TV when that image is shown, to instantly be in my mind,  exactly where I was when it happened! Do you?
As I have grown in the Lord, there is another day, a day like Pearl Harbor, that I never witnessed first hand, but it affects me, just the same. It is the day Jesus gave his life for me! I think, to a Child of God, THAT should be and is, the Worst Day in History!
I can imagine if I were to travel back in time, I would meet someone who was on the road to Calvary that day... can you imagine how they would tell us what they witnessed? I have to think it was a moment, like Pearl Harbor, or the day John Kennedy was assassinated, or like 9/11 to those people... it was a life altering moment.
Can you imagine how they would describe His anguish, his torture, the cruelty inflicted upon Him, as He laid down His life, just for us?
If you were there, based on what you know today, can you imagine just getting up in the morning on the day after and life just going on, as usual? Come on, the sky grew dark, the earth quaked, the veil in the Temple was torn... JESUS DIED! He was supposed to be their King and he just.... died up there on that Cross, and now everything His followers knew was in question.
Do you remember, if you were old enough to be a parent, the questions our kids had for us the day after 9/11? Mine asked me if their school may be blown up, or if their bus was safe, and all around America, the news of the day paled in comparison... forget America, the WORLD talked about what had happened... even for those who didn't believe Jesus was the Messiah, don't you think the WORLD of that day talked about all the events that happened? Don't you think they were forever changed?
Can you imagine passing Mary, the Disciples, those who had been healed by Him, in those days? I imagine no one would look them in the eye, whether from guilt, anguish, or pure human discomfort, the kind that comes from knowing a great injustice has been done to someone, but you did nothing, could do nothing, to stop it.
Can you imagine having been one of the people who KNEW who He was, because you were the Blind man whose sight was restored, or the Leper who was healed... how about being Lazarus? If ever there was a man who knew beyond all shadow of a doubt that Jesus was the Messiah, it was him. Now, imagine being alive on Crucifixion Day... and being powerless to help the one who brought you back from the dead....
No, Pearl Harbor, that November Day in Texas, 9/11/01.... none of those compare to THAT DAY... yet we forget that without it, we would have NO HOPE.
The days we mark as tragedies in our lives are minuscule moments in the great scheme of things, but are NOTHING when we think of That Day!
As we mourn those lost on September 11, and as we rightfully shed tears at those memories, can we, the Sons and Daughters of the King of Kings, remember the Worst Day in History- The day the King of Kings laid down His life, so that you and I might someday accept the gift of Love He has for us?
If you have asked Jesus to be your Savior, this should be a daily act of Praise and Thanksgiving.
I love the T Shirts we wore in the 80's and 90's that said "I asked the Lord, "How much do you love me?" He spread His arms, said "THIS MUCH"  and DIED!
God Bless those who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, at Pearl Harbor, etc. I am in no way diminishing that loss! But let's not forget  the true Worst Day in History !