The World Trade Center compound in New York City was just another engineering marvel.  Finished in 1972 and built over the course of 3 years, the two main towers contained thousands of offices and was the center of finance and commerce in the New York metropolitan area for many years.

And then came the fateful morning of September 11, 2001, when our nation came under attack by militant terrorists.  Two planes, hijacked with reckless intent, were flown into the World Trade Center towers at 8:46 and 9:03 that morning.  The south tower crumbled into ruin only 56 minutes after being hit, and the north tower collapsed 102 minutes after impact.  What took years to design and construct took mere minutes to be destroyed.  It’s very hard and time-consuming to build up, but very easy to tear down.

With that in mind, have you ever noticed how often the Bible mentions encouraging one…