Tuesday, April 17

Tragedy

We all woke up this morning to the news of the Virginia Tech massacre on the mainland. Distance didn't seem to make it easier. (Steve Stinnette, our Guam campus director, is a Hokie.) There is really nothing to say that doesn't sound trite.

The fact is, though, that while we all sorrow at some level, we're not shocked.

Tragically school disasters are not new in America. The worst occurred in 1927. We've lived through wars, November 22, 1963, Austin in 1966, 9-11, and Columbine. And these are just some American tragedies. We've been spared what a good portion of the world goes through daily. And there is certainly more to come.

We live in a broken world with real evil. This is the current reality. We're used to it -- more or less numb to it -- until it again hits close to home.

Christians deal with it by reminding themselves of a coming meta-reality -- a reality which is and will be just as real -- if not more so -- than the current pain of murder.

"I saw Heaven and earth new-created." Revelation 21:1 (The Message)

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