Thursday, August 21, 2008

Central High School Shooting and Uncertainty

Well...not even a month outside of a church shooting, some kid made the decision to settle a score that ended in the death of a 15 year old boy. When a commmunity is rocked by violence, I am at a loss as to any explanation or words that provide consolation to all. I am again reminded of the brevity and uncertainty of all life, and how...time holds the unprecedented and unpredictable. Sometimes...I am beginning to think that when God looks down on his creation and sees his children acting in such ways, he must be terribly disappointed with what we have done to ourselves in this thing called life. At the same time, the only place that I do find comfort is in his Word. Psalm 119 speaks of how God is literally every place that humans can go and can't go. He is even in the midst of terrible things like church shootings and school shootings...constantly moving...constantly drawing people to himself in spite of any circumstance. I take comfort in knowing that God is a God of purpose, of love, of mercy, and of justice. This wonderful God that has the ability to take the ugliest events in society, cover them up with the paint of his blood, and start repainting the picture of his kingdom all over again. He never gives up on what he knows is important, and neither should we. Thoughts???

1 comment:

Cheyenne said...

My mom has kept up with this story in the news, and she tells me that the same boy who opened fire in the school had also picked on a girl the year before. This girl's mother went into the school, but nothing ever happened.

I'm not saying that this kid is innocent, or trying to excuse his behavior. What he did was wrong and he should deal with the consequences. However, when a person in a place of authority has a problem brought to his attention, it needs to be dealt with. That's his/her JOB.

Once again, I'm not trying to put blame on other people, but I do think that if school leaders paid more attention to what was going on and took action things like this would not be quite as prevalent.