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Monday, December 17, 2012
With a Heavy Heart
It has been a coupled of days since the tragedy in Connecticut. My heart is still heavy and broken. Today I will continue to pray. Pray for the sweet, innocent children and selfless adults who lost their lives. Pray for the families and friends who have lost their loved ones. Pray for the residents of Newtown, that through God's grace, they can begin to heal. I will pray for the leaders of our country, that they may come together and put policies in place which will prevent these types of tragedies from being commonplace in our country. In my time of sorrow, I will pray. If you believe in prayer's power, I invite you to do the same.
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If everyone did as you suggest the world would be a better place. However I do not think 'more policies' is something we need. I think we Americans need to look deeper. What is the real root of the problem, of all social problems? Failure, in the home, in families, in hearts that refuse to humble and turn to the Lord? Possibly. I feel frustrated when I hear everyone asking for more government laws to remedy societal problems that have roots in the home. I haven't met a criminal yet that follows the law and would put their weapons away just because of a law. Unfortunately it's the law abiding citizens that suffer. Mental illness adds an entirely new dimension. A dimension I won't address now. So what is the answer? I think we pray, yes, and I think we look inward and at our own families and loved ones. Is there something we each can do a little better at? Someone who needs a little lifting, or a listening ear or help finding their way. I bet if we prayerfully search these questions in our hearts we will be led to those who need us.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a Merry Christmas. Your home is beautiful. :)
The power of prayer is undisputable. I agree and disagree with simplyjen. I am not sure if we need more laws related to guns, what we need is policies in place that will make it very, very difficult to purchase certain type of weapons or guns or riffles. When the constitution was put in place society was different. What is acceptable today, was not acceptable back then. One of the major problem with the kid who committed this horrible crime is that he had access to not only pistols but also an assalt riffle. Yes, I know we all have the rights to our guns, the question here is why will a mother who knew that her child had psychological issues will keep guns and a riffle in the home? Why did this mon take the kid to shooting and teach him to use these weapon. Sadly she also met her demise courtesy of the same sick son that she took to the shooting range. I don't know, all I know is that innocent children and teachers lost their life at the hands of a murderer, mental illness or not. I sorry for the families of all the victims, as for the nurderer and his mom they both can rot in hell.
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