When I first heard about the Virginia Tech shootings, I thought it was a very sad thing that hap pend and that it was very crazy that someone would do something like this but I wasn't really hurt or saddened too much. That is until I read an account of some of the wounded students who had lived through this horrible ordeal. One of the students told how scared he was when they saw the gunman come in the room with both guns raised and knowing that there was no where to run or nothing to do other than pray. The young man said he just laid on the floor while he was shot 3 times, and wondered if he would die slowly, if it would hurt to die, what his parents would think and thinking about his fellow classmates.
Reading that article really brought me into that room with those kids. I felt such a surge of sadness and grief for those kids and their parents. It's such a scary thing moving throughout the world and knowing in all actuality you are not safe. There are people in this world who don't value their own lives so of course can't possibly have regard for anyone else. No one every wants to think of the negative things that could happen even on a daily basis which to me makes it even more necessary to be in touch with God. God is happiness, everything good and knowing that makes it a little easier to cope with horrible things like this.
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I did feel a bit of sadness after hearing the accounts of the Va Tech shooting, but was appalled when I heard that the President ordered for all of the US flags around the world to be flown at half mast to show tribute to those people involved in the shooting. This does not mean that I think those people do not deserve to be recognized but I feel that our country has lost thousands of lives (those killed and maimed in the supposed war on terror) fighting a war without a reason and the flag is not flown at half mast for any of them. Where are our priorities at? This was just a simple ploy by the president to get everyone's mind off of the war and the loss of life from it.
No parent should have to feel the pain of loosing a child like those with the Va Tech shooting but let’s not forget those parents who have lost children to this war and those who will loose children as this war progresses.
When I first heard about the shootings, my heart went out All that were left behind and their familes. I felt myself there at the time this all took place and felt a sick feeling in the bottom of my stomach.Having a Gun pointed at you is something you can't even imagine..I cried and could almost feel their sense of being terrified and their bodies shaking with fear.My mind then went to the parents/loved ones and just prayed and asked God to give them strength to go through this ordeal.
This was Horrible and we will never really quite understand what happened.We do know God was still in the midst of them still.I will continue to pray for the Survivors and their familes and the young man family who commited this crimes.
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