I was reading about the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting and it is so sad to see how many meaningful and purposeful lives were cut off by a single person whose life did not hold much. Their lives, full of promise and hope for the future of a world they dreamed of changing, ended by someone whose life was spent in silent, simmering anger that finally boiled over - the usual scenario of almost any mass shooting.
Tragic.
Nevertheless, it is not uncommon to hear how individuals, who inspired others in life, galvanize everyone who knew them even more in their death. It shows that no matter how short their lives here were, their bright light still illuminates everything that surrounded them, long after it's been extinguished. Their death, no matter how unexpected and ugly, will somehow serve as a catalyst for change.
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Their death, no matter how unexpected and ugly, will somehow serve as a catalyst for change.
hopefully sooner that later. we've seen this before - brenda ann spencer in 1979 and eric harris and dylan klebold in 1999.
how many more times should this happen?
I believe the change, most of the time, is not a high profile one. It starts with the individual lives of those who were directly affected by starting causes, fund-raising, foundations, charities, etc.; some communities pass ordinances, while discussions are started on the national level regarding legislation and such. And let's face it, it will happen again and again if we continue to insist that we are independent of God's guidance and laws.
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