story9101.xml
Title
story9101.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2003-02-27
911DA Story: Story
It was around 05:00 Am and I was on my way to work at Gap.
As I got to work the regular tired greetings were not as they were as usual. When I started to work, the second plane had barely hit.
The radio was on at a music station whom the deejays always talk to much and make unfunny jokes. Me, I was not listening as I was tired and never liked the station as I wanted music to lift me up.
At around 10:00 Am, my manager called his boss who said that we must close. It all seemed like a joke to me.
As I was walking home I saw a sign at Jamba Juice written with a black marker that said "Due to worldy disasters, Jamba Juice will be closed the rest of today".
"Worldy disasters?" I said to myself. I continued walking and I got home where the television was on. The television was constantly running the images of the two planes crashing into the towers.
As I saw those images I could not believe it. I said "God...wake me up". At that moment I told msyelf "I just saw this in the movie 'Pearl Harbor' and now it is happening yet again in real life. Maybe it is a Jerry Bruckheimer movie."
That night I slept and asked God to let me wake-up and realize that it was all a dream...but it was not. It was reality.
Then it was announced with three words: "This is war!"
Oh no! Another war? We don't need that.
The next day I wnet back to work to finish what I has started on Tuesday. As I went to work, we opened the store and one of my duties was to make costumers happy by supporting a smile.
How do you smile after such a horror?
So okay, I supported a smile but it was a smile that said "I am only smiling because I am told to do so".
The big crowd came in and with a sad tone I would greet them and they knew that it was my duty to put on a fake toothpaste smile.
How dare a person use a plane as a 700 pounds missile? How did they dare think that by doing so they would wake-up in Heaven. They did NOT wake-up in Heaven, this I know for sure. No, they woke up in the lake of fire "here the fire never quenches and the worms never die" as says the Holy Bible.
Then the suspect whose name never heard by me and millions of others suddenly became the #1 Most Wanted man.
I walked by my local box store and the manager had a sign that said something like "Osama bin Laden for barbeque".
I knew that that would be the start of a sterotypical racism against one religion and the ongoing protest against war.
I am against war, but I know that we have no choice or else not only we will get attacked more, but we will not be the United States of America, we will simply be "The States of America".
I know that war is the only option as it says in the Bible in the chapter of Mark 13 and the entire book of Revelation.
The Holy Bible is the only true book of God and the only one. All other books are man-made. Jesus Christ was crucified so that our sins would die and was resurected so that we would have an enternal life. Accpet Him today and you "shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). All you have to do is to confess your sins by saying the following prayer:
"Jesus, I know that I have sinned against you. I know the truth is that I have sinned by my own choice, and I am the one responsible for it. I know that I have earned punishment from You, and that the fair punishment would be death. Jesus, I believe that You died in my place. Forgive me for my sin. I cannot cover or take my sin away, I am relying totally and only on You. You are the only one who can save me. I reject my sin, I turn away from it, I repent. Come into my life, take away my sin, and show me how to live my life in a way that is right and pleasing to You."
If you have prayed this, YOU ARE SAVED! You are now completely forgiven, a new creation, innocent in the eyes of God. Welcome to the family of God!
It is important for you to start to grow in your relationship with Jesus. Just like any relationship, you need to spend time with someone if you want to know them well. The way to know God is through the Bible. We have a few different Bible studies here that will help you get going. It's also important to find a church you can attend where they teach the Bible. This will allow you to talk with a pastor who will help explain questions you might have, and it will give you a chance to spend time with other Christians who can encourage you.
You can start to study the Bible by going through our New Believers Booklet. After that, we recommend that you start a Bible study through the Gospel of John. You can look for a church in your area by checking our List of Calvary Chapel Fellowships at http://www.calvarychapel.com
God bless you.
Keyvan Ataie
As I got to work the regular tired greetings were not as they were as usual. When I started to work, the second plane had barely hit.
The radio was on at a music station whom the deejays always talk to much and make unfunny jokes. Me, I was not listening as I was tired and never liked the station as I wanted music to lift me up.
At around 10:00 Am, my manager called his boss who said that we must close. It all seemed like a joke to me.
As I was walking home I saw a sign at Jamba Juice written with a black marker that said "Due to worldy disasters, Jamba Juice will be closed the rest of today".
"Worldy disasters?" I said to myself. I continued walking and I got home where the television was on. The television was constantly running the images of the two planes crashing into the towers.
As I saw those images I could not believe it. I said "God...wake me up". At that moment I told msyelf "I just saw this in the movie 'Pearl Harbor' and now it is happening yet again in real life. Maybe it is a Jerry Bruckheimer movie."
That night I slept and asked God to let me wake-up and realize that it was all a dream...but it was not. It was reality.
Then it was announced with three words: "This is war!"
Oh no! Another war? We don't need that.
The next day I wnet back to work to finish what I has started on Tuesday. As I went to work, we opened the store and one of my duties was to make costumers happy by supporting a smile.
How do you smile after such a horror?
So okay, I supported a smile but it was a smile that said "I am only smiling because I am told to do so".
The big crowd came in and with a sad tone I would greet them and they knew that it was my duty to put on a fake toothpaste smile.
How dare a person use a plane as a 700 pounds missile? How did they dare think that by doing so they would wake-up in Heaven. They did NOT wake-up in Heaven, this I know for sure. No, they woke up in the lake of fire "here the fire never quenches and the worms never die" as says the Holy Bible.
Then the suspect whose name never heard by me and millions of others suddenly became the #1 Most Wanted man.
I walked by my local box store and the manager had a sign that said something like "Osama bin Laden for barbeque".
I knew that that would be the start of a sterotypical racism against one religion and the ongoing protest against war.
I am against war, but I know that we have no choice or else not only we will get attacked more, but we will not be the United States of America, we will simply be "The States of America".
I know that war is the only option as it says in the Bible in the chapter of Mark 13 and the entire book of Revelation.
The Holy Bible is the only true book of God and the only one. All other books are man-made. Jesus Christ was crucified so that our sins would die and was resurected so that we would have an enternal life. Accpet Him today and you "shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). All you have to do is to confess your sins by saying the following prayer:
"Jesus, I know that I have sinned against you. I know the truth is that I have sinned by my own choice, and I am the one responsible for it. I know that I have earned punishment from You, and that the fair punishment would be death. Jesus, I believe that You died in my place. Forgive me for my sin. I cannot cover or take my sin away, I am relying totally and only on You. You are the only one who can save me. I reject my sin, I turn away from it, I repent. Come into my life, take away my sin, and show me how to live my life in a way that is right and pleasing to You."
If you have prayed this, YOU ARE SAVED! You are now completely forgiven, a new creation, innocent in the eyes of God. Welcome to the family of God!
It is important for you to start to grow in your relationship with Jesus. Just like any relationship, you need to spend time with someone if you want to know them well. The way to know God is through the Bible. We have a few different Bible studies here that will help you get going. It's also important to find a church you can attend where they teach the Bible. This will allow you to talk with a pastor who will help explain questions you might have, and it will give you a chance to spend time with other Christians who can encourage you.
You can start to study the Bible by going through our New Believers Booklet. After that, we recommend that you start a Bible study through the Gospel of John. You can look for a church in your area by checking our List of Calvary Chapel Fellowships at http://www.calvarychapel.com
God bless you.
Keyvan Ataie
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