Repercussions

After last Friday's tragic elementary school shooting, I just didn't have the heart to write.  It made the weekend dark and dreary, and today's morning Admin meeting at our local high school was also still reeling.

Why does this sort of thing happen?  Why does it keep happening?  What is wrong with people?  And how soon can the Second Coming actually happen?  I can't take this kind of news anymore.

I recall hearing the news about the Columbine shooting, andlater that day seeing the news footage showing the kids running out of the school and away with their hands on their heads.  I cried then. 

I remember sitting on our couch--on my day off--VERY pregnant, watching the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, just weeping about this awful world I was bringing this precious baby into.  How could I' dare that?

I felt like I'd been punched in the stomach at the news of the Aurora Colorado movie theater shooting this summer.  What began as an anticipated night of friends and fun, turned deadly and tragic.

How many more of these do we need to have?  What will it take for people to stop wanting to hurt others?  How bad does the earth have to get before the Lord just pulls the plug?

My heart breaks for the little families in that town--whether or not they lost their own children that day.  The town's children were taken.  One man's senseless act will be felt for generations and throughout our country.  Justice, surely, will come in the next life, but understanding here and now is harder to grasp.

Prayers, in the mean time, are all I can  offer.  And with them, I hope for peace and comfort for any with reasons to mourn.  And that really means all of us.