Bethlen Almanac 2001 (Ligonier)

The Hungarian Reformed Federation of America

While the witnessed events shocked us all, in reflection we ask ourselves, “How could anything like this have happened?” We will never find a satisfactory answer. We will never understand how people, regardless of where they came from, what their agenda was, could allow themselves to complete such a diabolical act. The facts, however, speak for themselves.

As children of God, created in His image and who have been given the right to multiply and replenish this earth, all we can do is reflect upon a God who is the supreme leader of the universe and ask, “Why would God allow such an inhuman act to destroy all that He has created?”

The answer that He gives may not help us to understand the events. It may not heal the hurts, it may not comfort our broken hearts, but nevertheless we must understand that “His ways are not our ways.” We who believe in God must first of all remember that the sad events of September 11,2001 were NOT His acts. He would NEVER want us to go through an experience like that. God is a loving God. What we saw and experienced on that day was the evil that men do. God, our gracious Heavenly Father, who fashioned us and loves us with infinite love, does not act that way - but we do! He wants us to “love one another, as He has loved us,” but instead we go our own way, turning away from Him, acting as though we had never known Him. The time has now come for us to turn from our evil ways and to turn to the Lord. This is the time to unite ourselves with the children of God throughout the whole world and say “enough” to terrorism and to those whose desire is to bring hate and disunity into our world. We know that God’s greatest ambition is to come to our aid, to offer us His loving arms upon which we may rest and feel His comfort and peace.

We, the members of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, spread throughout this great land, stand united and in sympathy toward those who through the evil acts of terrorism lost their fives; with those who were injured and with those whose families are broken; with those dedicated firemen and policemen, who not only fulfilled their chosen vocation of helping their fellowmen in trouble, but who carried the declaration of Jesus our Lord to the fullest that, “there is no greater love in any as in one who gives his fife for others.”

We, the members of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, together with our branches, districts, Board of Directors and National Officers, and our office staff at our National Headquarters in Washington, D.C., with all believing brothers and sisters of this great

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