tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post3612098442280727948..comments2024-01-16T04:04:41.045-05:00Comments on Someday I'll Sleep Autism Blogs: Ramblings on the Senselessness of Yesterday's TragedyCammie Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137080807945525006noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-75537693261936903932012-12-17T10:29:36.313-05:002012-12-17T10:29:36.313-05:00It is things like this that provide the starkest r...It is things like this that provide the starkest reminder that this word is NOT our home.<br /><br />And that the human heart is capable of such evil, we all need God’s saving grace to redeem us.<br /><br />In the midst of this tragedy, however, does anyone else feel a sense of discord when many of the politicians publicly weeping over the killing of 20 innocent 6 and 7 year olds actively work to continue the annual murder of a million unborn babies – one of the few population I can think of more innocent and helpless than those killed in CT.<br /><br />-KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-88307528126149795442012-12-16T20:03:58.143-05:002012-12-16T20:03:58.143-05:00Yes, the Amish Village you refer to is in Nickel M...Yes, the Amish Village you refer to is in Nickel Mines in PA (about 45 min. from where I am).<br /><br />I too remembered that tragedy, since it hit so close to my own home, and the Amish are prevalent here. I remember how the Amish gathered around the shooter's family and prayed with them, telling them they did nothing wrong.<br /><br />I pray for those who lost their lives and for those who live on. I pray for the shooter's family, because they not only lost people dear to them, but now have to live with a public stigma that will surely follow, and they did nothing wrong to earn that stigma. And after I pray to God to help me forgive, maybe one day I will pray for the shooter's soul.<br /><br />It will be hard sending my kids on the bus tomorrow morning, but at least my head knows that I can't keep them under lock and key forever (although my heart would very much like to do that).<br /><br />CathleenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-66330407904099894312012-12-16T16:50:26.959-05:002012-12-16T16:50:26.959-05:00Probably comments from the pulpit in my church tod...Probably comments from the pulpit in my church today were echoed in churches across the country, as were prayers. And then this afternoon I heard how someone called a threat in to a local church there, so everyone had to leave for a while. (And somewhere the caller is probably celebrating his celebrity status on Facebook.)<br /><br />So much of this event, and our culture gives me sadness. And then I noticed the reading this morning from Philippians: Rejoice in the Lord, always. Do not be anxious.<br /><br />For some reason something I had forgotten came back to my mind, and I recalled an earlier grade school slaughter, in an Amish village. There, the people also gathered together in their grief, but one of the first things they did was to assemble in their church --- and pray for the killer.<br /><br />Community, family, together in good and bad, "in all things rejoice." But it's hard, through the tears.Do Not Be Anxioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607616214486933423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-76085380647149635472012-12-15T13:23:16.857-05:002012-12-15T13:23:16.857-05:00Amen Cam! I have a Kindergartenet and a 2nd grader...Amen Cam! I have a Kindergartenet and a 2nd grader (my only 2 in school so far) and when I heard the news that most of the children dead were in one Kindergarten class I couldn't breath! I was literally hyperventilating! All I could see was my son's sweet face! I just don't understand! I am so scared for my kids andthismuchcloser to homeschooling!! "For the sake of his sorrowful passion have mercy on us and on the whole world!"The Fischer Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189269863868510964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188078120365131355.post-32351237676860644012012-12-15T13:09:00.014-05:002012-12-15T13:09:00.014-05:00I myself didn't find out about this tragedy un...I myself didn't find out about this tragedy until my mother called to tell me in the afternoon -- AFTER I had picked up my kindergartner from his morning session.<br /><br />I've been in my son's kindergarden classroom multiple times this school year to help with projects, always seeing those small, bright shiny smiles and faces...<br /><br />I just can't imagine .... how it happened? Why it happened? I've prayed hard for their little souls, but I've prayed harder for the parents and families who have to continue on...<br /><br />After reading my son a story last night, I held him until he fell asleep, then quietly cried and thanked God for my blessings...<br /><br />CathleenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com