Please pray for the families impacted by Friday’s shootings.
Pray for our own children who may have questions and fears. Pray for the
parents and teachers everywhere who are answering questions and may be dealing
with their own fears. Pray that hearts and souls everywhere are impacted and
the saving power of Christ is revealed to them.
Bud Schindler has the following thoughts about the Sandy Hook
tragedy:
Many thoughts are flooding our minds as a result of the
senseless murder of the 26 people in Newton. As believers in the sovereign work
of our God, we search for the lessons that He wants us to learn. He was a man
of sorrows and acquainted with grief (Isaiah 53:3) and can relate as we mourn
with the parents and families who lost loved ones.
The good news is that those precious children are now in
heaven seated in the lap of our Savior (Mark 10:16) as He blesses them where
they will spend eternity. They will never from this time forward suffer from
the trial and difficulties of life. For those who have received the gift of
eternal life from our Savior, Jesus, there will be a day of reunion with these
in the near future.
We live in a secular society where God has been removed from
our schools and government. Without
knowledge of Jesus, the people run wild (Proverbs 29:18). Only the gospel can
have a preventative effect on our culture and we must return to the Bible with
a focus on Him as the only true solution to the evils of our day.
Dayton Christian and Xenia Christian stand to equip young men and women in order that
they will be “strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might ‘by putting’
on the full armor of god, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of
the devil” (Ephesians 6:11).
During times like these, there is a desperate need to return to our precious
Lord and Savior with our minds full and overflowing with His Word. Scripture
teaches us to “Guard your heart (mind) above all else for it determines the
course of your life” (Proverbs 4:23 NLT).
Our Savior was right there at Newton with each child as they
were being ushered into heaven as God the Father was with our Lord and Savior
as He bore our sins at Calvary. And, He has promised never to leave or forsake
us.
