Senseless

My heart and prayers are with the families of those who had lost loved ones earlier this week in the senseless shooting at Virginia Tech. As I watch the details being revealed and the details about the victims being told, it becomes more and more real and more painful and heartwrenching to understand. The numbers rattled off on the news of how many killed morph into the young, eager faces of people with so much potential, who had so much to offer this world and would never be given another chance. In the days, weeks, and years ahead we'll try to make sense out of this, because it is our nature. Because we cannot accept that this is random, that these people died in vain. How can any God allow this to occur? How could society let this happen? Some answers will be found in the life of the shooter, but with his own life taken as well, who will we hold accountable? His parents? The officials who ignored the teacher's pleas that he was disturbed? His associates who might've seen the signs of something wrong? The campus police for not shutting down the school after the first two shootings? I don't know. It is probably a combination of events, which alone would be innocuous, but together form a potent mixture. However, I do believe that the best way to honor the lives lost is to make sure that this never happens again.

God bless and keep strong.