America has now entered a season of sorrow...
Like many others, my heart is heavy because of an act of brutal violence and the senseless loss of lives as a result of a shooting rampage by one young student at a prestigious Virginia college. Thirty-three people died. Within minutes, their lives were snuffed out. Now it may take weeks, months or even years to determine why this happened, if it could ever be fully known.
But as I contemplate this event and as I pray for those who've been devastated by it, two particular Bible verses come to mind. The first says:
IF my people, which are called by My name,
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek
My face, and turn from their wicked ways,
then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their
land.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Right now, our nation needs a healing, but we also need a spiritual awakening. My hope, therefore, is that somehow yesterday's tragedy will become tomorrow's triumph.
I pray this event will become a catalyst for change. Indeed, I have no doubt that God can take such a terrible act of violence and turn it into a victory.
I will write more on this tomorrow.
D.B.
But as I contemplate this event and as I pray for those who've been devastated by it, two particular Bible verses come to mind. The first says:
IF my people, which are called by My name,
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek
My face, and turn from their wicked ways,
then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their
land.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Right now, our nation needs a healing, but we also need a spiritual awakening. My hope, therefore, is that somehow yesterday's tragedy will become tomorrow's triumph.
I pray this event will become a catalyst for change. Indeed, I have no doubt that God can take such a terrible act of violence and turn it into a victory.
I will write more on this tomorrow.
D.B.
