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>> WELCOME TO SISTER TO SISTER!
WE HAVE WITH US TODAY MY NEW
FRIEND MELISSA!
>> HI, AMY.
>> WE HAVE FLOW.
WE HAVE MARKEL.
>> AND WE HAVE ROXANNE.
WE ARE JUST SIMPLY REAL WOMEN
TALKING ABOUT REAL LIFE.
ARE YOU READY FOR OUR TOPIC?
TODAY IS 9/11.
AND, WHAT EFFECT DID IT HAVE ON
OUR FAMILY?
BECAUSE THINGS CHANGED FOREVER
AFTER 9/11.
>> YES.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK, MELISSA?
>> I THINK IT DID CHANGE.
I THINK THAT IT TAKES HOW TO DO
DAY-TO-DAY LIFE AND TRAVELLING.
WORKING AND SO FORTH. SECURITY
THAT IS IN PLACE NOW WITHIN
SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO BUSINESS
PLACES.
I MEAN, IT IS REALLY HAD A MAJOR
IMPACT ON US.
YES, EVEN CHILDREN GROWN UP
FEARFUL.
IN THE '50s AND '70s, WE HAD
ATOMIC BOMB TESTING.
RUNNING TO THE BASE MANY.
SAME RUSH BUT THIS TIME IT
ACTUALLY DID HAPPEN.
THINKING ABOUT DEALING WITH
CHILDREN AND ON THE SCHOOL BOARD
AND SO ON, HAVING MY OWN
CHILDREN, WE HAVE TO BE TRUTHFUL
ABOUT THE FACTS.
>> RIGHT.
>> WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO COME
TO US AS THE FACT GIVER.
SO WE NEED TO BE EDUCATED.
WE NEED TO KNOW THE FACTS ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED AND RELAY THEM
SENSITIVELY TO THE CHILDREN
APPROPRIATE TO THEIR AGE.
I ALSO FEEL, TRUTHFUL ABOUT THE
FACTS BUT THE FACT ABOUT THE
WORD.
>> RIGHT.
THAT GOD IS A COMFORTER.
THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT, EVEN IN
TRAGEDY IS A COMFORTER.
NOT ONLY KNOWING THAT, BUT
ACTING ON THE WORD AND ACTING IT
OUT IN OUR LIVES.
TRUTHFUL BY OUR SPEECH.
TRUTHFUL BY THE ACTIONS AND HELP
SOMEONE ELSE THAT IS IN NEED.
HELP SOMEONE ELSE THAT IS GOING
THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME.
WHETHER IT IS 9/11 OR ANOTHER
TRAGEDY.
THEN WE GATHER OUR CHILDREN,
GATHER THOSE WE LOVE AND REACH
OUT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
COMFORT THE COMFORT THAT WE HAVE
RECEIVED.
>> RIGHT.
>> TO ME, 9/11 BROUGHT TERRORISM
HOME.
>> YES.
>> IT SEEMS SO FAR AWAY.
LIKE, OH, IT IS HAPPENING.
WAY OVER THERE.
BUT NOW, IT IS OFFICIALLY
HAPPENING HERE.
>> RIGHT.
>> SO HOW CAN I HELP MY CHILDREN
FEEL SAFE AFTER A TRAGEDY?
HOW CAN I HELP MY FAMILY AND NEW
LIFE THAT WE HAVE?
>> I THINK IT IS A VERY MUCH SO,
A WAKE-UP CALL NOT ONLY TO
AMERICA BUT TO THE CHURCH OF
AMERICA.
>> YES.
>> I THINK THAT ONCE AGAIN IN
TRAGEDY, YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
PEOPLE RUN THE CHURCH AND A
COUPLE WEEKS LATER, IT WAS OVER
WITH.
THE OTHER THING WAS THE REALITY
OF ENHANCING STEREO TYPICAL
THOUGHTS ABOUT OTHER CULTURES.
>> RIGHT.
>> BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ALL
CULTURE, EVERYBODY THAT FAITH
MAY NOT BE THAT RADICAL.
I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT
WANT TO HEAR THAT.
BUT, IT IS JUST LIKE WHEN PEOPLE
HEAR THINGS ABOUT CHRISTIANS.
THEY ASSUME THAT ALL OF THEM ARE
THAT WAY.
IT REALLY PRESENTED US WITH SOME
CHALLENGES ON HOW WE HANDLE
THINGS WITH OUR HEART.
AND HOW WE DEAL WITH FEAR, YOU
KNOW. BIBLE HAS, I THINK, IT IS
365 TIMES IN THERE.
ABOUT FEAR NOT.
SO, FEAR PARALYZES.
>> RIGHT.
>> IT WILL PARALYZE YOUR THOUGHT
PROCESS ON HOW YOU VIEW PEOPLE
AND HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD.
>> YES.
>> AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT
9/11 HAS CHANGED US FOREVER.
>> YES.
>> HOW MUCH NEWS COVERAGE IS TOO
MUCH?
>> I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THE
POINT THAT IS ALL THAT IS THERE,
AND, YOU ARE SO BOMBARDED THAT
YOU DON'T KNOW OF SOMETHING THAT
ELSE THAT IS IMPORTANT, GOING
ON, IT IS TOO MUCH.
>> IT IS TOO MUCH.
>> HAS TO BE A BALANCE, TOO.
WE HEARD SO MANY STORIES THAT
BROKE OUR HEARTS.
SO MANY STORIES THAT DIFFERENT
MAGAZINES STARTED POSTING LATER
ON ABOUT THE HOPE AND SURVIVORS.
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING OUR
LIVES BACK TOGETHER.
SO MANY BABIES BORN WHOSE
FATHERS, SO SAD, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN?
SO MANY STORIES OF HOPE AND LIFE
THAT CAME ALONG, TOO.
THEY SHOULD HAVE MAYBE HAD A
LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION.
>> YES, I AGREE WITH THAT.
>> YES.
>> ROXANNE HOW DID 9/11 CHANGE
YOU?
>> SPECIFICALLY, WITH REGARD TO
SO MANY THINGS I'M INVOLVED IN.
YOU GIRLS KNOW THAT I AM.
>> ON EVERY BOARD IN THE CITY.
WE'LL SAY THAT.
>> SPECIFICALLY IN THE SCHOOL.
THE SECURITY IN THE SCHOOLS.
>> YES.
>> THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE
HAD TO INVEST IN.
DIVERT FROM EDUCATION TO SAFETY.
>> RIGHT.
>> THAT THE SAFETY BECAME THE UT
HOST IMPORTANT THING DURING THAT
TIME AND IT CONTINUES TODAY.
I MEAN, WE HAVE S.W.A.T. TEAMS
THAT GO THROUGH THE GROUNDS TO
INVESTIGATE THE GROUNDS.
WE HAVE POLICEMEN AND DETECTIVES
GOING THROUGH THE BUILDING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN
SIGHTS THAT ARE DARK AREAS.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS NOW
THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF, NOT
ONLY FROM A LIST STANDPOINT, BUT
FROM AN INDIVIDUAL STANDPOINT.
BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU ARE.
BE CAREFUL WHO YOU ASSOCIATE
WITH.
DON'T MAKE JUDGEMENTS, AS FLOW
SAID.
BUT IF WE ALL REACH THE WORD,
THE GOSPEL TO THESE PEOPLE, THEN
MAYBE WE COULD CHANGE HEARTS NOT
BY CHANGING A POLITICAL SYSTEM.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT, OR RELIGIOUS SYSTEM BUT
BY CHANGING THE HEART ONE BY
ONE, MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN
SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE, WHETHER
THEY BE MUSLIM OR BUDDHIST OR
WHATEVER THEY ARE, MAKING A
DIFFERENCE ON THAT ONE ON ONE
PERSONAL CONTACT.
>> HOW DO WE MAKE THAT
DIFFERENCE?
US PREACHING THE WORD?
LIVING THE WORD?
IS IT, WHEN MY CHILD GETS UP AND
GOES TO A MIXED CULTURAL SCHOOL
AND SOME OF THE FRIENDS ARE
MUSLIM AFTER 9/11, WHAT DO WE
DO?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE A
RIGHT TO PREACH THE WORD UNTIL
YOU LIVE THE WORD.
WE NEED TO LIVE THAT WORD, TO BE
THAT HUMBLE PERSON, I DON'T KNOW
IT ALL.
MAYBE YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT I
DON'T KNOW.
LET ME UNDERSTAND YOUR CULTURE.
AND NOW, MAY I INTRODUCE YOU TO
YOUR CULTURE.
A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AMONGST
ONE ANOTHER.
THERE IS SOMETHING AMONG ALL
CULTURES.
IT IS THE WORD LOVE.
>> AMEN.
>> AND JESUS EVEN SAID, WE ARE
TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
AND HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT ONE
HEART?
IT IS THROUGH LOVE.
>> YES.
>> THROUGH LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.
>> MAYBE A DIFFICULT THING TO
DO.
>> IT IS AT TIMES.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL SAFE AFTER A
TRAGEDY?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN
ADVERTISEMENT BUT SOMEBODY HAS A
MINISTRY CALLED ENDURING HOPE.
AND I THINK THAT IS HOW YOU
CHANGE IT.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP MINISTERING
HOPE.
>> YES.
>> YOU NEED HOPE TO ENDURE.
YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE
SHOCK VALUE OF SOMETHING LIKE
THAT CAN ROCK YOU TO YOUR CORE.
WE CAN SPEAK CHRISTIANESE, BUT
THE REALITY IS, WHEN SOMETHING
LIKE THAT HAPPENS, IT DOES ROCK
YOU.
HOW SAFE DO YOU FEEL TO LET YOUR
CHILDREN GO TO THE MALL AFTER
THAT?
>> HOW SAFE DID YOU FEEL ABOUT
GETTING ON A PLANE?
>> DID YOU PRAY EXTRA AFTER
THAT?
THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO, REMINDING PEOPLE THAT HOPE
IS OUT THERE.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
HAVING A WAY TO DO IT.
>> IF NOT THAT, GOD DESIRES US
TO HAVE HOPE BUT ALSO WANTS US
TO NOT RETALIATE IN FEAR.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IT I MEAN?
>> ALSO, WHERE DOES YOUR HOPE
LAY?
SO EASY TO SING ON SUNDAYS, MY
HOPE IS IN YOU LORD.
THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AND START
LIVING HOPE AND CHRIST.
TAKING OFF THE NATION AND
FRIENDS.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> START PUTTING IT ON GOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
AT THE END RESULT AS CHRISTIANS,
THAT IS, DEATH IS YOUR STING.
SEND ME TO MY GLORY.
GOD'S GLORY AND -- YOU KNOW.
>> DOES GOD STILL SPEAK AUDIBLY
TODAY.
HAS HE SPOKEN TO YOU?
CAN HE SPEAK TO PEOPLE THROUGH
TRAGEDY?
AND BRING HOPE?
>> I'M GOING TO ANSWER THAT.
BECAUSE I WOULD SAY, YES.
I THINK, PERSONALLY, GOD HAS
SPOKEN TO ME AUDIBLY.
>> YES.
>> AND, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE
CHURCH HAS BOXED GOD AND HOW GOD
SHOULD SPEAK AND THE WAYS HE
SPEAKS.
GOD IS GOD.
WE MAY NOT PUT HIM IN A BOX.
IF HE CHOOSES TO SPEAK AUDIBLY
OR THROUGH HIS WORD OR THROUGH
VISION, HOWEVER HE DESIRES, THAT
IS HIS CHOICE.
>> LAST TIME THAT I RECALL GOD
SPEAKING TO ME THAT I WAS SO
SURE, WASN'T AUDIBLE VOICE BUT
MY SON WAS, A LOT OF, NOT A
TRAGIC THING EITHER, BUT MY SON
WAS ABOUT TO GET MARRIED.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE FIRST BABY
LEAVES THE NEST, IT IS TOUGH.
EVEN THOUGH A BEAUTIFUL,
CHRISTIAN WOMAN, I LOVE HER SO
MUCH, BUT I FLIPPED OVER THE
BIBLE BEFORE THE REHEARSAL
DINNER AND OUT CAME, YES,
FATHER, THIS IS WELL PLEASING IN
MY SIGHT.
AND, IT RELEASED ME.
MY SON IS FULFILLED AND I KNEW
IT WAS GOD'S VOICE.
WAS IT AUDIBLE?
NO.
IT WAS JESUS SPEAKING TO THE
FATHER.
BLESSED ME.
>> HOW EASY TO GO TO PASTORS AND
GO TO OUR PROPHETS.
DO YOU HAVE A WORD FOR ME?
HOW MANY OF US DON'T GO TO GOD?
THEY SAY, AS WHERE IN THE DAY,
PEOPLE WERE HEARING THEM ALL OF
THE TIME OR AT LEAST TALKING
ABOUT IT, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE
THAT AS EASILY ACCEPTABLE.
THEY WERE FORCED AFTER GOD.
WE ARE FORCED TO RUN AFTER GOD
FOR OUR HOPES AND WORDS.
>> I JUST THINK THAT WHEN YOU
SAY AUDIBLE, PEOPLE HAVE THIS
ONE MIND SET AND OF COURSE, TO
HEAR HIM AUDIBLY, HEY, FLO, GO
LEFT!
>> RIGHT.
>> AS SHE SAID, THERE ARE THESE
OTHER WAYS THAT GOD MAY SEEK.
HE MAY HAVE ME LOOK AT A
SCRIPTURE.
HE MAY HAVE YOU CALL AND SHARE
SOMETHING WITH ME.
I MAY TURN ON THE TELEVISION AND
GET CONFIRMATION.
MY SHEET KNOWS MY VOICE.
RECOGNIZING GOD'S VOICE WHETHER
COMING OVER A SECULAR, YES, GOD
CAN USE SECULAR TELEVISION,
RADIO STATION, BUT GOD IS GOD.
HE LOVES US.
IT WAS HIS PURPOSE TO SPEAK TO
US.
LIKE THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND COOL
OF THE DAY AND I DON'T THINK
THAT HAS CHANGED.
>> GOD HAS SPOKEN TO US AND
SPOKEN TO US THROUGH HIS WORD.
I LOVE WHAT IT SAYS IN PSALM 91
IN THE MESSAGE VERSION AND THIS
IS JUST A LITTLE SHORT
SCRIPTURE.
IT SAYS, SAY THIS, GOD, YOU ARE
MY REFUGE.
I TRUST IN YOU AND I AM SAFE.
THAT IS RIGHT.
HE RESCUES YOU FROM HIDDEN
TRAPS.
HE SHIELDS YOU FROM DEADLY
HAZARDS.
HIS HUGE OUTSTRETCHED ARMS
PROTECT YOU.
UNDER THEM, YOU ARE PERFECTLY
SAFE.
HIS ARMS FEND OFF ALL HARM.
FEAR NOTHING.
GOD WANTS TO LIVE WITHOUT FEAR.
>> AMEN MANY.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> WE ARE REAL WOMEN TALKING
ABOUT REAL LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OR
COMMENTS, WILL YOU LEASE E-MAIL
US AT S2S@CTVN.ORG.
AND, LIKE PROVERBS SAID, AS IRON
SHARPENS IRON, SO WILL ONE