My husband, Jim, was killed in the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. I was not a believer in Christ before then; God used that tragedy to bring me close to Him and to introduce me to the saving love of Jesus.

I still wear my engagement and wedding rings, and that has proven to be confusing for some people. Either they assume I've remarried, or they find it odd that I would continue to wear them as a widow. When they ask me about it, I tell them that the rings still symbolize the love that Jim and I had for each other, but now they have an additional meaning: they represent the commitment I have made to Jesus, and the unending love He has for me. Some people are satisfied with that answer. Some people get teary-eyed and say, "Oh, that's I described myself as a single, red rose and Jim as an expensive vase. One day, the vase came crashing to the ground and left the rose all by herself. She was alone -- devastated, lost, thirsty, and dying. As the rose, I had a choice: either shrivel up and become a stick of thorns or look for water so I would live and never thirst again. Jesus offered me living water (John 4:14). I immersed myself and found new life in Him.

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