Virginia Tech
Like everyone else, still in shock over the Va Tech shootings. Absolutely unfathomable. It certainly doesn't shake my belief in God. It just affirms my belief in evil. And it's a tragic reminder of how much we need God.
I got a call from a Washington Post reporter asking me about my take. Honestly, I'm like everyone else. A lot more questions than answers. The only explanantion, in my estimation, is free will. We can exercise that free will to do tremendous good or tremendous evil. It is a reminder that within each of us their is the potential to become the greatest of saints or the worst of sinners.
Death is such a painful reminder of how sacred life is!
I think this is one of those situations where no combination of the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet can capture the thoughts and feelings. It's hard to even know what to think or what to feel.
Praying for the familes. Praying for the campus.
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. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
II Corinthians 1:3-5
I got a call from a Washington Post reporter asking me about my take. Honestly, I'm like everyone else. A lot more questions than answers. The only explanantion, in my estimation, is free will. We can exercise that free will to do tremendous good or tremendous evil. It is a reminder that within each of us their is the potential to become the greatest of saints or the worst of sinners.
Death is such a painful reminder of how sacred life is!
I think this is one of those situations where no combination of the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet can capture the thoughts and feelings. It's hard to even know what to think or what to feel.
Praying for the familes. Praying for the campus.
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. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
II Corinthians 1:3-5
5 Comments:
I love the way you say it doesn't shake your belief in God, it just affirms your belief in evil. That is exactly how I would describe what it is like to face a tragedy like this one. It is heart-wrenching, and it draws you to your knees.
It reminds me that we are only promised today.
This morning I was drawn to pray for the shooter's parents, what guilt they must feel at this moment. It doesn't shake my belief either, it just confirms it, that the evil is present and I need to drop to my knees too!!
Thanks for your prayers! Please keep the Herbstritt family firmly before God. Jeremy and I were friends and I found out yesterday that he was among the murdered. I am headed home to Bellefonte, PA this weekend for the funeral and to be with the family.
It reminds me of what was shared at the latest Leadership Summit at NCC. Something like this: God gives us exactly enough time in our lives to accomplish everything He wants us to do. It is clear that "a good work" was done through the lives of so many of these students. While certainly these students are victims of evil expressed through free will, is it possible that God was satisfied with the "Good" that He had accomplished in the students' lives?
Praying as well.
Eric
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