We ate lunch, and I put Rhett down for his nap with the intent of fixing some of the obvious paint marks on our newly installed baseboards. To be honest I lost sleep last night worrying about some of the brush marks I had left the previous day.
I took a moment to check Facebook, and then to read the news of the shooting in Connecticut.
And then I cried.
I have faith that there is a God. I have faith that not even a sparrow falls without our Heavly Father being aware. But I am human and I have had my moments of doubt all day as to how this act was possible.
And I have cried more.
And I have hugged my son and rub my growing belly and prayed for those families and for mine.
And cried.
And then my sister reminded me of the Christmas song "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" and the story behind it.
This clip tells the story of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who wrote this song and sorrow and hope that inspired it.
The fact that this tragedy happened so close to Christmas is devastating. But the reason we celebrate Christmas, the birth of our Savior is exactly why we can heal from events like this.
In the words of this song I am finding peace and I pray for that piece for those families and loved ones and each of us.
"And in despair I bowed my head: There is no peace on earth, I said. For hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth, goodwill to men. Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
'God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The wrong shall fail,
The right prevail,With peace on earth good will to men."
When there are no words, this can be enough.
Somehow it will be enough.
Julia, and even the Angels are crying with us today during this terrible tragedy. I pray for these families and the little children.
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Karena
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It's horrific. My heart aches for those families. I'm in Oregon and we had the mall shooting just miles from our house earlier this week. The woman killed was our neighbor and her son goes to the same school as our son. I was hurting for their family and thought there just couldn't be anything worse. Then today happened. Those poor, poor parents and families. I wish there was something I could do to take away their horrendous pain. As I go about my average, non-eventful night with our three kids, prayer will be plentiful in my head.
ReplyDeletea friend of mine also shared the lyrics to that song earlier today. thank you for sharing too. it is so hard to understand why these things happen but I rest knowing that God is here through it all. I pray for peace in our world, in our hearts, and in the lives of these families wrenched apart by this tragedy.
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