Waiting

If we close our eyes we can picture them, sitting in class. A teacher is teaching. Students are listening . . . most of them anyway. In many ways it is a normal day - kids waiting patiently for the bell. But then there's a loud BANG and then another and another. What is happening?

Monday was just like every other day at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison,  WI. And now two kids are dead. Their teacher too. And five others are critically injured.

Meanwhile, parents were hearing the news of a shooting at their kid's school. That is a phone call no parent ever wants to get. For a parent, waiting and wondering, hoping and praying, must but the longest, most agonizing, wait they have ever had.

And it's interesting how we initially assume that the shooter was "a troubled teenage boy." Nope. A 15-year old girl. And a 2-year old girl called 9-1-1!

People are also quick to blame guns for this. While true - "If there were no guns this never would have happened." - it's not really the gun's fault. It's ours.

Do you remember the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013? Three people died, hundreds were injured, 17 lost limbs. No guns were used. Just a couple of homemade pressure cooker bombs.

The problem is us.

So, how do we fix the problem? The parents at ALCS were taking a good step, enrolling their kids in a Christian school. But that act didn't grant immunity from their struggles and pain on Monday.

One day, hopefully soon, Jesus will return and take us home. He has promised to give us all new hearts. That's something EVERYONE needs. Not just gun owners.

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." - Ezekiel 36:26

The Madison police chief said, "Every child, every person in that building, is a victim and will be a victim forever."

That's not true. It's true for THIS life, but not the next. Not FOREVER.

Prayers go out to the families who lost loved ones. Such a tragic loss of life. The only consolation in this whole nightmare is that the teacher and kids were most likely Christians and are with Jesus right now.

"Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord." - 2 Corinthians 5:8

For those of us who remain on this earth, waiting for Jesus, we need to make sure our kids know Him. To make sure that He is Lord of all in all our families. That is the only way to keep Satan from eternally killing their souls and no amount of waiting will EVER bring them back.

Madison Shooting - Newsmax