In following the story, I’ve read many things that make me sad, angry
and some things that just make me shake my head in disbelief of this “not shockingly”
“new norm”.
My heart grows heavy.
The gun enthusiasts shout gun control won’t work (after all it’s not
the gun that kills and they need to protect their family), I hear politicians
shout that we cannot let this happen again and we must control who gets what
guns and when (and yet in weeks or months to come, nothing will be done).
I read an article[1]
today, an interview with five of the surgeons on duty that night, they were on
the front line at the hospital, seeing it all first hand. Surgery after
surgery, victims crying, and families panicked wondering where was their loved
one. Dr. William Havron said, in regards
to what they saw and experienced for them, “This is not something that goes away
easily”.
It happens, we get all up in arms, we do nothing and life, for some,
goes on; for the treating doctors and I’m guessing the first responders, police,
S.W.A.T. team, the victims, the ones that escaped, the families that mourn, the shooter's family, I
echo Dr. Havron, this will not go away from them easily.
And it shouldn’t go away from us easily. Those of us who slept a
peaceful night at home and woke to our life, our families, our friends. No, I think we need to hold onto this along with
those who experienced it; we need to mourn with them, pray for them, support them and love them, even if we do not know them.
This should shock us, this should not be accepted as the new norm and
this should be something that we do not let our hearts forget easily.
No, the gun didn’t walk into Pulse all by itself and go off countless
times, killing, it is not the gun’s fault. But the devil schemes, deceives the
man with the gun, he lies to him and paints a pretty picture, convinces him
he’s doing the right thing. And the combination is deadly.
Our only hope is God and His Armor:
Ephesians 6:10-17
…be
strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you
will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of
this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly
places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to
resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your
loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and
having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of
faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the
evil one. And take the helmet of
salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.[2]
Jesus is coming again, are you in?
Or more importantly is He in you?
[1] http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/breakingnews/orlando-surgeons-speak-out-this-is-not-something-that-goes-away/ar-AAh0ee7?li=BBnba9J
[2]
Ephesians 6:10-17 New American Standard Bible
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