THANKFUL

Thursday, May 26, 2022 

Lord, we’re still in disbelief over the Uvalde school shooting. Their suffering is incomprehensible, their agony unimaginable. Our righteous anger rises at the evil spawned so mercilessly upon the innocent. Many ask: Where is God? Why didn’t He do something?

In our grief Your Spirit comforts us.

“Yes, I was there,” You whisper to our spirit. “I was holding the children’s hands, giving them bravery to face a danger they never should have had to encounter. I was with the two heroic teachers as they laid down their lives for their students, giving rise to the courage I placed within them for such a moment as this. I looked lovingly into the tender eyes of each child as I held each one, carrying them into Heaven. I held every parent, grandparent, sibling, family member and friend, crying with them, feeling their pain in their darkest hour. I spared the wounded grandmother so she could alert the authorities of the approaching danger. I was with the law enforcement officers, directing them to destroy this evil agent who rejected the light of My love and embraced all the wickedness of the kingdom of Darkness.

I am continuing to comfort the brokenhearted amid their wounded spirits and crushed souls. I am calling the good folks of Uvalde to a hope and unity that the world cannot match. I would never abandon these precious people. Yes, I very much was and still am with them. Please know I will always be close to those with a heart that feels pain. I am near the brokenhearted and the crushed in spirit, (Psalm 34:18).