Mommysmart: How do we make sense of pure evil?

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

How do we make sense of pure evil?

More photos at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sl&g=events/us/041807vtechvigils&e=1

First of all, I don't believe that you can make sense of evil. However, it does exist. I don't think that it changes the fact that there is pure goodnes in our world or the perfect greatness of our God. As probably everyone in the world, I have watched too much coverage about the events of that day. Today I have decided to shift my focus to the overwhelming togetherness of the students at VT and the amazing hero stories that are surfacing. Our world can be good and God is great!

6 comments:

The Preacher's Household: said...: That picture says so much.
Thanks for posting it.
Kathy; 9:28 AM
Anonymous said...: Thank you for your comments!

Opportunities such as this allow God's people to be his hands in service to those who are hurting.; 10:18 AM
Maxine said...: Good for you! I've found that I too had to tear myself away from all of the horrible reports about the gunman, what the police should have done, etc.etc. I have been impressed with the response of many student to the interviews and even of members of the faculty. If there's ever a time to pray for our country it's now. Talk to you soon. Thanks for this picture.; 12:21 PM
Neva said...: "Fix your eyes on the eternal . . ." The only way we can make it --thanks for the post, Monica

Peace
Neva; 7:26 PM
TREY MORGAN said...: Monica ... you need to share you chicken pox story with everyone!; 4:55 AM
Marie said...: That is an awesome picture. I finally quit watching everything- my heart couldn't' take it anymore. I'll still pray and hope and love, and remember that our God reigns!; 7:43 AM

What I believe

God is perfect, man is not. There is no perfection in churches, religions, preachers, elders, grandparents, scholars, authors, friends, leaders, missionaries, Christian schools, church founders, parents, disciples of Jesus, or anyone else that is not Jesus Christ. So in all of my recent obsessive searching for answers I have only come to this conclusion. I believe in God, I believe that he sent his son Jesus to live on this earth, die and be resurrected. I believe that I am saved by grace through faith and expected to live a life that honors God, while remembering that I am not perfect and I will let down myself, others, and my savior. I believe that since the death of Jesus there have been many great people that have lived their lives in the best way that they knew how in order to honor and worship him. I do not believe that their lives are to be a pattern for mine. The only life that is worthy of duplicating is that of Jesus. With that conviction, I do not believe that there is a perfect place to worship in past or present. I do not believe that there is a perfect eldership to worship under. I do not believe that there is a perfect minister in which to hear the word. I do not believe that there is a perfect music service in any church anywhere. I DO believe that God is honored with my conviction to seek him, worship him, and take him to others every chance that I get.

Grace is not license to sin but the power to overcome it. - Kay Arthur

As a believer, understand that whatever season of life you’re in is not by chance; God has EQUIPPED and ANOINTED you for it. - Priscilla Shirer

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
~Marianne Williamson, A

....It is so easy to not experience connection. Our busy lives pull us away from ourselves, so much so that we even forget how to breathe. We rarely hold still. Our bodies might be sitting with our children, but our minds are racing off in many other directions. When our little ones look us in the eyes, they know we are not there. And while it is not easy, it is vital that we resist this way of life that pulls us away from ourselves. For we teach our children not so much by preaching lessons or dogma to them as by the way we walk and sit and see the world. They will learn to breathe and smile and be compassionate and connected to themselves and to their world through our example.....Denise Roy