July 20, 2011
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Tragedy and more tragedy
Yesterday seemed to be the day for it. A drunk driver south of here tried to pass a tractor pulling an implement on a busy highway and ended up killing 5 people and injuring 9 others. Just down the road from us in a very small sleepy town a six-year-old girl was stabbed to death in her bed by her mother’s live in boyfriend.
People talk about peace and harmony. Songs are written and sung begging us all to live together in peace. Where is it folks? The comments on the local paper about the accident in Penn Yan all cry out against the driver of the car. True he was to blame but what was behind his drinking? Why did he choose to drink and then get behind the wheel of that car? There has to be more than negligence behind what happened.
The man who stabbed that poor little girl to death is most definitely to blame for what he did. But why? What brought him to it? Why did he suddenly let go of reason and sanity and assault that helpless child as she slept in her bed?
These are the questions that I ponder today and this is the direction of my prayers. Not only that God will pour his consolations on all those families who lost loved ones yesterday but on the perpetrators. God please send them repentence and healing.
Comments (7)
I have no answers ,but I will join you in prayer.
Mourning and weeping in this valley of tears, as the ancient prayer says… God bless you, dear lady.
So very very sad.
Breaks my heart. I do share your persepctive, know I will be praying for our former community.
There are no words.
Wow…..it is powerful that you would look beyond the victim and look at the person committing the crime as well. Joining in prayer that there will be healing on both sides.
Drunkeness and irresponsibility we’ve had with us always, I’m afraid, and the combination have so very often ended up in tragedy. Senseless, stupid, and horrible. It is beyond heartbreaking to hear these stories. The other kind of vicious evil upsets me more, though. I used to be a newshound, always plugged in to the latest — but I can’t take it any more. These crimes are bone chilling and heartbreaking. It seems like demonic-type crimes happen more and more often. Is it a combination of the examples of horror in our “entertainment” plus the lack of values instilled in our children as a matter of course from their parents and also from our society? Has the devil just been let loose? I wonder sometimes. But, you’re right — the only thing we can do is pray, and pray some more. And do our best to keep our children (and ourselves) safe.