Article October 8, 2001 Issue

'Thou shalt not be afraid...'

The Christian Science Monitor

Written on the morning of September 11.

A MOM WHOSE SON WORKS in the World Trade Center and whom she is unable to contact, has just called, requesting prayer. Much of the world, I am sure, is praying. The terrorist attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon push a stunned world even further in its search. The losses aren't even close to being numbered as this is being written. Nor is there any clue, yet, as to who the perpetrators were. The search is for so very many things, but perhaps most of all for the safety of innocent people. And to comfort a shocked world.

What to do? Where to turn? There is comfort, there is healing, and there is safety to be found in the 91st Psalm. It says: "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. . . . Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day . . . . Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling."

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