A PRAYER by Unknown Author

My thoughts and prayers go out to you in this time of tragedy which has affected us all.

Being retired military, I have many close friends at the Pentagon. As a consultant, I also know many who had offices in the World Trade Towers. I have been praying for them and I have already heard of many miracles about those who made it out safely and those who were, for varying reasons, not in their offices when they were destroyed.

However, there are many who didn't make it out. We must continue to pray for them and their families in a proactive way, asking God to move mightily.

DO NOT PRAY FOR VENGENCE, it will only bring more terror into your mind and heart. Rather, ask God to bless you with the courage to lay aside all prejudice, and unite your heart with all of those worldwide who are praying for miracles to happen.

The greatest miracle that I am seeing is that people from every walk of life, every nationality, and every color are uniting in a bond of humanity. They are donating their own blood, volunteering their services, cooking warm meals, and providing a comforter shoulder to cry on.

Many leaders interviewed on TV have already been saying, if we as mankind would unite during times of peace as we do in tragedy, then we will be able to remove all bad things, including hunger, homelessness, and despair. That is a proactive point of view.

Please my friend, take this time to dedicate yourself to thinking proactively. The proactive prayer I am praying is that we will all unite as brothers and sisters around the world, in a bond of love for each other that will bring justice and forgiveness at the same time.

Unity in love will utterly destroy our true enemy in a proactive way, because those who are bent on hate will have no home on this good earth.

My hope remains strong in God. I am confident, that not only will this adversity pass, but that it will bring us together and make us stronger. Place your hope in the goodness of the Creator and it will bring spiritual abundance into your life.

Sent by Mike Carney, class of '72