today at NIU 6 people were brutally murdered by a senior who was a coward. this saddens me as every college/high school shooting does. it doesn’t surprise me it happened at NIU, i mean this can happen anywhere. the saddest part is that these poor students were just trying to get their education. they started their day like any other student does; breakfast, class, class, lunch, possibly some study. never in their hungry minds did they expect to leave the university in a body bag.
i don’t understand why or how people feel they can turn to guns instead of using their heads to solve their issues. i mean is life so bad that turning to violence and killing random people is the only answer? i feel bad if i squash a bug, i could never imagine what it could be like to take a human life. this staggers my imagination. i can’t get my head around it.
it makes me wish that people would realize that God loves them even though they feel noone else does. i pray that when people feel this way (to turn to violence) that they turn to God instead. so they may find their peace, their center.
Lord, our father in Heaven,
i pray that You are with the familys of the victims. i pray that You heal their families, stand with them and keep them strong in the face of such tragedy. i pray that You are there to console their friends, and the student body. i pray that in the future, hurt and lost souls should turn to You instead of the metal of the gun. i pray that You, in your infinate wisdom, will show them the way. that they are loved, that no matter how horrible life is here on earth- there is more to life than what we see around us.
i also pray for the shooter. i pray for his family, that they are able to forgive him. i pray that although he took the cowardly way out, and escaped judgement of this world, that You shall judge him accordingly- with Love.
i pray these things in your Son’s name,
amen
