I just finished watching the speech given by President Obama at the memorial for those slain in the tragic shootings in Tucson. He did a very nice job in recognizing the lives of those lost, being thankful for those whose lives were spared, and praising those who put themselves in harms way to save others. It was an uplifting occasion. Thank you Mr.President for taking the high road and being a true leader in crisis.
Evil does not have an worldly cause or explanation. Jared Loughner the shooter by all accounts lived a very troubled existence. We can look to cast blame lots of places but the reality is this man was evil and was bent on doing harm. We cannot create a utopian society where evil is circumvented. It wasn’t politics, it wasn’t education, it probably wasn’t even his parents (whom I feel really bad for). It was sin manifest in his life in more overt ways than each of yes. Yet he reflects what is capable in all of us. We may not murder, but we slander our brother in our hearts. It is only by the grace of God that more of us don’t go to the extreme that he did. Let us recognize that it is only supernatural grace that saves us. Good can come out of this.
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