Why?

Like so many others I can’t stop thinking about what happened in Aurora, Colorado.

My boys went to the same movie on the same night. It just happened to be in another state. When something like this happens it’s like a big stone has been thrown into a still pond and the ripples keep coming, reaching us in wave after wave of sorrow.

And because of that I can’t post about anything else until I write about this. I know my thoughts and feelings can’t change a thing and it may not even be read by anyone who knows any of the victims, but to NOT write about it would be like pretending it didn’t happen (at least in my mind) and I can’t do that.

I want the people of Aurora to know how much the world cares.  I want them to know that our hearts ache for them and that we are praying for them.

I listened to a call-in radio show today where people who had been in or near cities that had experienced tragedies like the one that just occurred in Aurora could call and discuss their thoughts and feelings. The moderator was asking them what helped them get closure. I only listened to the first few callers but I wasn’t surprised by their answers. Simply put, there are no answers to the question “Why?”  and closure, if you can call it that, takes a long, long time.

We live in what many call “The Information Age” and when we want answers–we want them fast. If I need to know the answer to a question I Google it, but even Google doesn’t have an answer for tragedies like the one in Aurora.

Some people think better gun control might have made a difference. Others think that if someone else had been carrying a weapon they could have stopped the shooter. Residents of the apartment building where the shooter lived are probably second guessing themselves and wondering if they could have done something that might have altered their neighbor’s actions. Maybe the shooters parent’s are wondering too. I don’t know.

What I do know for sure is that when senseless tragedies occur like the one in Aurora, or Columbine, or Oklahoma City, those left behind  spend  the rest of their  lives living in the shadow of the question “Why?”

I want to leave you with a story I read that touched my heart, and I think it will touch yours too. It also shows you a way that you can help, and some of you may be wondering (like me) if there is something you can do. Please take just a moment and click on the link below and if you are so compelled, donate to a victim’s hospital fund.

And keep praying!

http://bstrait.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/a-miracle-inside-the-the-aurora-shooting-one-victims-story/

 

 

 

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3 Comments

  2. In these situations a lot of people point fingers and play the blame game. Neighbors, friends, family, even if they thought he was a little “off” couldn’t have guessed he would do something like this unless he flat out announced his plan before hand. We don’t have any control over anothers actions. I see a lot of fingerpointing at the parents, but bad kids can come from good parents. Some of the worst kids I ever knew in school came from preachers and even our chief of police. It’s hard to wrap my head around the why’s of it all. It’s just unthinkable how one person can cause so much devastation 🙁

  3. Thank you for sharing your heart on this topic. When something like this happens it shakes us all and reminds us that being present in the moment is ever so important…because tomorrow is not promised. We just do not know what waits around the bend. What we can do is pray.

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