I’m heartbroken over this tragedy. The Denver Dwellers are okay, but prayers are appreciated for our city and all those affected, directly or indirectly.
These are some thoughts on response to tragedy that I would encourage everyone to read.
Last night’s shooting in Aurora leaves us vacillating in our souls between numbness and horror, and grasping for meaning; for we are “meaning makers”, we human beings, and so it is that “senseless tragedy” is particularly hard for us to swallow. We feel that something must be done or said to put it all in perspective.
And it is just there that we are likely to go wrong, for the wise writer of Ecclesiastes says:
What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted. (Eccl 1:15)
Not everything that happens “under the sun” simply “fits” the way we’d like it to. With that in mind, let me make five suggestions for responding to this (and any) tragedy:
1) Resist the temptation to spout theological platitudes. This is all part of God’s perfect plan… God has a purpose in this… Everything works together for good for…
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