Response to the Connecticut School Shooting

Just like many of you, I’ve been deeply affected by the tragedies in our country this week. I’m sure that by now, many of you have heard the tragic news of the elementary school shooting in Connecticut. At the time if this writing there are almost 30 dead, gunned down by a young man in his early 20’s. Combined with the recent Clackamas Town Center shooting that hit us so close to home, it’s shocking to consider the complete disregard for human life that we have seen this week. These horrendous happenings, as well as a multitude of other similar kinds of events, can leave us terrified, bewildered and sad. How do we process all of this?

The world is sinful. It is broken. It is full of pain. But brothers and sisters, as Christians, we must never forget that we hold in our hearts the answer to what ails a broken world: the Love of God, through the finished work of Jesus Christ, applied by the Holy Spirit. This is the Gospel…and this is the only real hope of humanity.

When tragedy strikes, we see the world’s need for the life giving message of Jesus. There is much work to be done, and the darkness seems to be more emboldened with each passing year. But we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

Finally, let us pray for the victims family’s of such tragic events. Let us also pray for the perpetrators and their families as well. Pray that God will bring beauty out of ashes. I do not always understand prayer. But I know that it works!! Will you join me now in prayer?

In this Christmas season, when peace on earth and goodwill toward men should reign, let us be an instrument of God’s peace, when the world around us is full of panic and fear.

Let me leave u with a verse from the Apostle Paul, from 1 Corinthians 15:

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

3 replies
  1. Bill Holdridge
    Bill Holdridge says:

    Amen, Daniel.

    You hit the nail on the head as you wrote “it’s shocking to consider the complete disregard for human life that we have seen this week.”

    We’re living the realities of Romans 1:18-32.

    That passage paints the backdrop for the preaching of the gospel. If there was ever a time when people need good news, it’s right now.

  2. Jeanne DeBenedictis
    Jeanne DeBenedictis says:

    Amen Daniel, let us pray to God, praise God and proclaim His Son Jesus, for there is no other Name under heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved. Lord come and pour out your Holy Spirit upon those yet in darkness, help them to see and turn to Your light.

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