September 12, 2022 12:16 pm
This is good Truth Network welcome to running with horses just to inspire you as a relationship with Almighty God that empowers others things you never thought possible. Shirley Weaver wants to take you and now yesterday's episode in this episode of our podcast running with horses. I would like to stop and pay tribute Queen Elizabeth to the United Kingdom, a world leader for decades is passing this past week has impacted the whole world really want to do. I want to recognize and remember her.
In the setting of another very important memory, especially to me as an American, and that would be the September 11 attacks, which occurred 22 years ago yesterday. So we are commemorating that anniversary.
In our nation right now. What took place on American soil.
And just to be clear to just remind you on that day in 2001, there were coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out against our country. There were four attacks and these attacks came at the hands of militant Islamic extremist from the network Al Qaeda. These attacks against the United States cost not only our nation but other nations almost 3000 lives 2996 people died really from all over the world because people all over the world were at world trade in lower Manhattan in New York City.
So on the morning of September 11.
These attacks began to unfold our nation in shock devastated is really the framework for my comments today about a world leader and something I'd like to say my memory of her firsthand. This would be personal after September 11, which was a Tuesday, the following Saturday we had scheduled flights from our local airport in Charlotte to take a team basically a team of intercessors, a prayer team to Europe. We were intending to go to Wales Germany and Albania on that trip. I recall it was an eight day trip. So our flight on that Saturday, out of Charlotte connected into one of the airports there in New York. I'm not exactly sure but suffice it to say New York City and from New York City.
The departure flight. The path of the departure flight was over lower Manhattan, and the site of the devastation of the twin towers at world trade from the air. It was later in the day, and I think it was dark are getting dark from the air. We saw the smoke and the smoldering. The column of smoke was so very visible and so ominous and I had not thought of it that way. I had seen the television reports and for four days had watch those unfold and in that process.
There was of course the consideration to change our plans and not to quote risk flying during such a risky time we decided to go forward with this trip and it never actually seemed prudent to me are I could think of one reason why we would change our plans. I was not fearful and I was not concerned and fast forward to what I'm saying to you to see the smoke bellowing up that high in the air visible are rather visible that high in the air really brought home to me what the people in the area and the surrounding area had experienced that day firsthand.
It just brought it home for everyone on that flight that day. I think it's safe to say we were considerably impacted.
Maybe everyone felt as I did. I know for me. The soberness just intensified my seat happened to be on the side of the airplane ride over as we passed over world trade.
As I said is it was getting later in the day and dart was approaching amazing sight. Just amazing. So crossing the Atlantic. We were scheduled to land at Heathrow international in London which is of course a huge international airport and this is the point of my memory and my sharing with you today that as we debarked as our plane debarked there at the gate at Heathrow, I realized how quiet everything and everyone was our realized house sober and somber. They were and I didn't catch it like immediately but pretty quickly realized reasonably quickly understood the people were responding to Americans arriving in the UK, fresh from this traumatic historical life-changing event on our soil.
They as their facial expressions came into view reflected something I had never experienced before. I think honestly it was compassion and may be a sympathy. The hush was discernible and I don't want to exaggerate this at all. I don't think I'm exaggerating it all assets great honor respect along with sympathy and compassion just calming IQ can for you could feel the people resonating imparting is a better word, imparting to you there feeling for what you as an American in that in that moment, were experiencing. Now that is my testimony, that is my story that happened to me. You know, when you travel internationally you don't always have favor, particularly some nations, you may have zero favor as an American so you're sensitive to that you're aware of that and you're just thankful when you do have favor and you your nation is appreciated.
I'm certain all people from all nations would say the same thing. I don't mean that just applies to me as an American, but that day the opposite was true, or rather the height of favor was true and throughout the time that we were on the ground in yet in at Heathrow we experienced it was like the the people as a crowd would part as you walk by them doing this justice because I didn't realize exactly what set that in motion, but now we know because it has been so widely reported, you know over the years am tying this into the passing of Queen Elizabeth last week and that is her tradition breaking decision immediately after 9/11 to play the national anthem of the United States at the Palace in London.
There was some memorial service at St. Paul's where our national anthem was played when I say our national anthem arming the American National anthem there reportedly were tears shed that day. At that memorial service for the labs that had been lost and also later Queen Elizabeth to cut an extra step. I'm just gonna read exactly what was reported by one source, and I quote Queen Elizabeth to maiden on precedented move in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 two days after Americans were left stunned by the deadliest Tara attacks in the country's history on on September 11, 2001 the British monarch who died on Thursday at the age of 96 broke tradition to show solidarity with the shape the nation. The monarch directed the band of the Coldstream guards to play the Star-Spangled Banner during the changing of the guard at Buckingham palace in order to pay tribute to the labs that were lost on that tragic day. Wow, what a report you know growing up my mother esteemed Queen Elizabeth.
They were born months apart in the same year, 1926, so they were born at the end of one horrendous world war followed by what we call the Great Depression and then followed by that with another horrendous deadly world war so I think those events take stages grew up, they matured faster. I think it shape them in a way that having not experienced that personally firsthand. It's probably hard for us to grasp, but they were impacted in similar ways. I think explains the reason my mother could identify with Queen Elizabeth why she felt so one with her. They had so many of the same values they their worldview was very similar different life settings for sure, but as young women in their early 20s. They began a life with very mature responsibilities and I think in this is just my view, they were quick to realize that life and relationships are precious. They are precious and so when other generations succeeding generations will come along and hardly realize our acknowledge that life is precious family is precious. Relationships are precious. You can imagine. You have to dig a little deeper down into the to the heart down into the soul to pull out the right response. I'm speaking of that generation, and specifically well I My mother in this company, but especially for Queen Elizabeth to so I want to say today on this broadcast of this episode from everyone here at the running with horses podcast considering yesterday's marketing of the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States of America and also the four days that have transpired since the Queen's passing on September 8. I want to say that from us for her unusual and unorthodox display of support for all of us as Americans in playing our national anthem which is so precious to us and for her godly influence in the United Kingdom and around the world.
We honor and pay tribute to a woman whose life is exemplary. As a Christian, recognized as an influential world leader for good from testimonies of many of those in the United Kingdom.
She was kind and fair-minded, but strong, committed to principal disciplined and significantly and I say very significantly devoted to the posterity of her family as well is to her nation. I would extend that to say a heart that thinks like that about your own family does extend to the families of the world. It's a natural convergence by virtue of the deep care for your own family and your own nation you think about other families in other nations and what is the best for them. You think about and you care about their well-being. From the reports that I've read, it sounds like the Queen was this way to versus standout both in Proverbs there familiar. They are familiar versus but they fit right here, especially concerning Queen Elizabeth to Proverbs 29 verse two when the righteous are in authority. The people rejoice in Proverbs 14 verse 34 righteousness exalts a nation, so today father we pray for our friends in the United Kingdom in every every part of that border and every part of the influence of Queen Elizabeth to.
We pray for the people we pray for their families.
We pray for the peace of that nation. We pray for the Queen's family, her children, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren to come on board. We pray that their posterity will continue to represent and reflect a Christian heritage, a godly, righteous authority, a righteousness that exalts that nation we do pray and bless them release our faith for them and believe from the deepest part of our compassion and our heart today.
Thank you for a life well lived. Thank you God for your hand on this woman and forgiving to us a life that we can imitate. We bless you father from all blessing goodness and righteousness flows.
In Jesus name, amen. So thank you Lord for just love it just a life will live.
What a testimony alone strong life. Do not forget you have the mind of Christ we have the mind of Christ. It sounds like the Queen had the mind of Christ. Therefore, her thought life was like a righteous keen like a righteous Queen. The thought life on the keying of keen by explicitly if you enjoy this purpose. You like to help support this project, please share it with others. Maybe you believe in reading and review notes, you can subscribe to Shirley's email list donated ministry and produce your very own copy of Shirley's 365 day devotional running with horses and we will see you