Heartbreak in Newtown

Heartbreak in Newtown

Where do we put this? How can we make any sense out of a catastrophe such as this or begin to mend our broken hearts?

I suppose police officials will investigate and psychologists will tell of the broken mind that committed this horrifying act. And yet broken hearts remain broken. The hardest part is that I can imagine the pain of the parents and grandparents…the uncles and aunts…the brothers and sisters…of the victims. That’s why I cry…I shed tears because I can imagine the pain that breaks hearts and spirits.

So what do we do, for there is no real answer that heals the pain?

How do I find joy again for I know my heart will remain broken?

With my broken heart and joyless spirit I turn to where I always turn. I take my joyless heart to God who wipes away our tears and pain. For He did not say we should not mourn…He said: “Do not mourn because you have no hope. “(1 Thessalonians 4:13-14) . We have hope in Jesus and so we mourn because we hurt. Even Christ wept at the loss of a friend. (John 11 vs 35)

We call on God to heal us all, but please Lord teach us, help us to stop the madness, the craziness, the evil acts...and to rely on you when we are afraid and confused.

Let us pray together that somehow the children that were killed, the parents and grandparents that will bury them, the brothers and sisters that will never forget them...will be given the grace they need to find peace. And may God open wide His arms to all of us who are victims of this horrifying act.

And may we be bold enough to demand peace from one another.

Deacon Art