This will prove how sheltered a life I live!
You all know I watch Glenn Beck and listen to Rush so I know you'll understand what I'm trying to say and maybe how my trip affected me. I have had a growing worldwide concern for people and I think it's a result from the word " Global" which we hear so often in the news recently. I pray for the people in my little "corner" of the world and for America but during yesterday's visit to NYC and seeing & talking to all different kinds of people God has opened my eyes in a small way to how he "sees" everyone in the whole world. I live in a little borough in a very quiet neighborhood. To see such a multitude was overwhelming. Very overwhelming. Some were happy and smiling, some were looking a bit curious, some poor, some even evil. I sat at a small table outside Schwarz toy store and at first all I saw was the fountains in the water but than I saw all the people....and I saw them in a way I've never experienced before. I just was so concerned that if the Rapture occured at that moment, how many of them would be caught up and how many would be left behind. At that moment I felt love for each and everyone of them. I wanted to reach out to each one and ask if they would be left behind if Jesus came at that moment.
Oh, we arrived in the city at about 9am and already there were tons of people everywhere! I think God used this trip to show me what he meant when he used the word "multitudes" in the bible, making it even more real to me. I now know what a multitude looks like, smells like, sounds like and feels like.
In the previous post I wrote that my bag was empty when I got back on the bus to go home but I felt that I was taking home so much more than anyone else on that bus. They all were looking over their precious treasures they had bought but all I could see were the faces of all the people I saw that day. EVEN THE POOR GUY THAT IS HOLDING THE GLENN BECK SIGN!! Bless his little heart! After I snapped the picture he turned and looked straight into my eyes! I wish I knew what he saw in them. I hope it was love.
The picture of me and the kids in Time Square is at the end of a very very long day and I am so tired and hurting that I look awful.
I did take time to go to Ground 0 - I know there isn't anything to see but I just needed to stand in that spot and remember all who suffered and are still suffering today.
3 comments:
I am so glad you were able to take your trip to NYC. I loved going there when I lived up North. It's amazing to see all the different places. I would love to go to ground zero for exactly your reasoning for going. At times it was so overwhelming for me to be in such a place that was so HUGE.
Was there a demonstation going on that day with the man holding up the Glenn Beck sign?
I was always grateful to make it back home after going there, to my little corner of the world. Many people live in a bubble, even some of those people you saw. It's a fast paced moving City and there's more like that in this world of ours that we don't see. I am glad we all we're raised in a small town. I still like my bubble. Some people can be very scarry/evil and we should pray for them.
I loved reading what you wrote, it impressed me and made me feel good to know that your my sister. I love you Teresa.......
No, the guy holding the Glenn Beck sign was standing there alone. I'm glad you enjoyed the post!
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