Brewing thoughts and experiences over a mugful of coffee - unraveling words towards my awkward inwardness, my tell-tale of notable people, remarkable places and events, creative ideas, and educational information digitally worth sharing . . .
When you look into the cottony sky, the beautiful landscape of hills and mountains, the shimmering sunlight of the sea, the awesome colors of leaves and flowers, and the glittering stars of the night..you might ask..what a Great Hand has created these things...
When you see and hear the different animals, when you feel the warm embrace of your kids, the loving touch of your mother, the protection of your father..you might say...what a Wonderful privilege has been given to us...
Have you asked who you are to see and feel all of these things?.. Have you been wondering that with all those trials, pain, and sufferings, you still managed to get up and be someone you dreamed of?..
Watch, hear, and think of what this song is saying...
Video Credits to the owner and Casting Crowns
This song is like a prayer..with all those things around us, those people who have hurt us, those trials that make us fall..there is One Hand that will catch us..no matter what or who we are..without Him..we're like a flower quickly fading, a wave tossed in the ocean, a vapor in the wind..here today and gone tomorrow. We are nothing..but because of Who God Is..we are someone..someone His...
Who am I? .. God said, You are mine. "I am yours, God, and whom shall I fear?"..what a wonderful assurance that whatever we had done, because He is God, He loves us and will be by our side...and God's promises never change...
I stumbled upon a blogsite (clinicallyclueless.blogspot) and found this youtube slideshow and the notes about the 911 tragedy. As the slides roll on, it is as if God is talking to whoever watches, hears, and reads it...
'MEET ME IN THE STAIRWELL'
("I WAS THERE")
You say you will never forget where you were
when
you heard the news on September 11, 2001.
Neither will 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 is OK...
I am 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 wasn't coming home that night.
I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor
when a woman cried out to Me for help.
'I have been knocking on the door
of your heart
for 50 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 Priest
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 has saved them.
I was in Texas, Virginia, California, Michigan, and Afghanistan.
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 know Me.
Some met Me
for the first time on the 86th floor.
Some sought Me with their last breath.
Some couldn't hear Me calling to them
through the
smoke and flames;
'Come to Me... this way... take
my hand.'
Some 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?
Sept. 11, 2001, was not the end of the journey for you.
But 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 know you are ready to go.'
I will be in the stairwell of your final moments.
The writer’s tone in the song is nostalgic, reflecting on that tragic event and depicting the different situations people faced. Nostalgic as it may seem, the writer characterizes himself as God, meeting people in their dire circumstances... guiding those who called upon Him in their final moments, showing them the safest place to be, and assuring believers that He would meet them after the chaos.
The mood of the song is sorrowful, as it recalls that fatal and horrific day. Many lives were lost, families searched desperately for loved ones, and people imagined the final minutes of those trapped inside.The message of the song is clear: when faced with death, we reach out to our loved ones, prepare ourselves for what may come, and call upon God... whether to be spared or to be ready to meet Him in the stairwell of Heaven.
If I were in that same situation, I hope I would be ready to meet Him in the stairwell.
Finding yourself in the dark, looking for a friend. It's not always been that dark would take you somewhere. Searching out you will find someone..someone who's been hurt, someone who needs someone, someone who is hoping to find someone 'you'...Be it may, someone in the dark reaches out to you.
This song..one of the favorites of many from Michael Jackson. Whenever I hear this song, it moves me and wanna say something.. just like the singer who wanna tell us everything about himself.
