How Tragic: Unspeakable Pain!

My heart and prayers go out to the victims, families, and friends, of the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting.
 

My heart goes out to the victims of Newtown, Connecticut and their families. A terrible, horrendous, unspeakable tragedy causing unspeakable pain.

Lord I pray these families are covered with the peace to make it through this difficult and trying time.  A senseless tragedy that cost the lives of the world's most innocent citizens.  They were so young and had so much more to look forward to.  Heal the hearts of their friends and playmates whose young lives will for ever more be impacted by the day a gun man shattered their innocence.  Let your peace, mercy, and grace cover them and surround them in the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years to come.
The grief these families are suffering is unimaginable.  How do you go and love after a time as horrific as this?  An incident like this tears at the heart strings of so many.   This is an event a great majority of the world will need to heal from.  It is one incident grown men don't even want to discuss because of how deep the pain hits.

As the President stated when expressing his condolences, an excerpt from the New King James Version of the bible,  Psalm 147: "He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds."   Yes our hearts are broken.

It's hard not to feel bitterness, pain, helplessness after an event of this magnitude.  Below is a gospel song I heard on the radio one day on the way to work.  Thankfully I was able to find it on YouTube.  I listen to it any time I am feeling down due to circumstances outside of my control.  It is important to keep loving no matter how tough things get.  Bitterness can consume the soul if you let it.  There is no testimony without a test.  Unfortunately, with some tests it feels like you've been thrown through the fire.  However, Yet Love!  Without a doubt it's easier said than done.