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Monday, September 11, 2006

Meet Me in the Stairwell-September 11th

Where Was I?

You say where was I?

I was on the 110th floor in a smoke-filled room with a man who called his wife to say good-bye.

I held his fingers steady as he dialed.

I gave him the peace to say, “Honey, I am not going to make it, but it’s okay…I’m ready to go.”

I was with his wife when he called as she fed breakfast to their children. I held her up as she tried to understand his words and as she realized he really wasn’t coming home that night.

I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a woman cried out to Me for help, for the very first time in her life. “I have been knocking on the door of your heart for fifty years!” I said. “Of course I will show you the way home—Only believe in Me now.”

I was at the base of the building with the chaplain ministering to the injured and devastated souls. I took him home to tend to his flock in heaven. He heard My voice and answered.

I was on all four of those planes, in every seat, with every prayer. I was with the crew as they were overtaken. I was in the very hearts of the believers there, comforting and assuring them that their faith had saved them.

I was in Texas, Kansas, London…I was everywhere. I was standing next to you when you heard the terrible news. Did you sense Me?

I want you to know that I saw every face. I knew every name—though not all knew Me. Some met Me for the first time on the 86th floor. Some sought Me with their very last breath. Some couldn’t heart Me calling to them through the smoke and flames, “Come to Me, this way…take my hand.” Some had never heard My voice before. And a few chose, for the final time, to ignore Me.

But I was there.

I did not place you in the Tower that day. You may not know why, but I do. However, if you were there in that explosive moment in time, would you have reached for Me?

September 11th, 2001, was not the end of the journey for you. Bu someday your journey will end. And I will be there for you as well. Seek Me now while I may be found. Then, at any moment, you’ll know you are ready to go.

I will be in the stairwell of your final moments.

Love, God

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