I must say that reading the stories of all the young, bright students who were slaughtered so senselessly and tragically at Virginia Tech on Monday, I have one big question: Why?
Why would God allow an older guy like me, who had had a career and raised a family, to survive a very complicated (and, years ago, improbable) heart operation, and yet allow these young people of so much promise, who were going to go out in the "real world" and accomplish so much and do so much good for so many people (as surgeons, environmental engineers, etc etc), to be gunned down indiscriminately?
I consider myself a believer, a Christian, but I must say I am shaken by the enormity of this tragedy right here in our valley community. I feel terribly sad. I can only imagine what hurt the families are feeling. My wife and I lost an infant to leukemia many years ago, and that was plenty tough, but we just heard from a mother and father who were going to celebrate the 19th birthday of their beautiful daughter next week, and now she's suddenly gone, for no reason at all.
Does anyone have any answers?
Why would God allow an older guy like me, who had had a career and raised a family, to survive a very complicated (and, years ago, improbable) heart operation, and yet allow these young people of so much promise, who were going to go out in the "real world" and accomplish so much and do so much good for so many people (as surgeons, environmental engineers, etc etc), to be gunned down indiscriminately?
I consider myself a believer, a Christian, but I must say I am shaken by the enormity of this tragedy right here in our valley community. I feel terribly sad. I can only imagine what hurt the families are feeling. My wife and I lost an infant to leukemia many years ago, and that was plenty tough, but we just heard from a mother and father who were going to celebrate the 19th birthday of their beautiful daughter next week, and now she's suddenly gone, for no reason at all.
Does anyone have any answers?