Their has been a lot written, and broadcast over the radio, and TV about the tragedy that took place in Sandy Hook, Connecticut on Friday. New information continues to be made known, the latest is that this young man's Mother did not teach at the school that this took place at, which makes it even more puzzling as to why he picked this school. The one thing that I have not heard anyone even attempt to try to explain so far is why someone would do what this young man did. What possible reason could there have been to pick this school, and the classroom that the tragedy took place at.
I have been going over and over in my mind the events that took place on Friday. There are no words that could begin to express the emotions that are going through my mind, especially at Church this morning. The only thing that I can relate this to is the events of 9/11 as I stood in front of the TV set in disbelief of what I was seeing and hearing. I can't even begin to imagine how anyone could even to try to justify such a horrible act. There is nothing absolutely nothing that this young man could have gone through in his life that could justify his actions.
What is important to me in all this is to try to understand the why. To trying to identify the signs and mental state that would lead an individual to carry out such a horrible act. These event will not stop until we can identify the signs, and come to a better understanding of how to address them. The responsibility for the actions of what took place in Sandy Hook on Friday lie solely on the young man that committed them. To shift the blame to anyone else or anything else would be very wrong in my opinion.
This is a time that our focus should be and needs to be on the families that are now having to deal with the aftermath of this horrible event. To pray for them as they make arrangements to lay their child, mother, and wife to rest. To pray for them as they attempt to deal with their grief and loss. To pray for those who are closest to them, who will try to provide comfort in the days to come. As the realization of what has taken place sets in, we need to also give them the time and privacy to morn and grieve in their own way.
As a father of two boys I could not imagine having to deal with something like this. It is unimaginable to me. If someone like me, who is far removed from the loss that the parents of these babies have gone through, has such a hard time coming to terms with all this, how can they. Their lives have been changed forever, and in many ways so have ours.
There will not be any links, or pretty pictures to this blog, it is just my thoughts on a senseless, horrible tragedy.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
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