In response to the Uvalde school shooting… (excerpt)
We live in a world of evil as sin fills our hearts and Satan works to drive a wedge between people. And I see that happening today. With every tragic event like this, the rhetoric ramps up, people fire their attacks at one another and the divide gets wider and wider. Solutions seem to be simple and straightforward. The only difference is who you ask....
In the words of Job, whose world was falling apart around him, “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!” (Job 19:25-27) Yes, my heart does faint within me today, but my Redeemer lives, thus my hope is not lost.
And so, I say it again and again:
Pray. Remember the families who lost loved ones. Remember the grieving community. Remember the emergency workers who can not unsee the things they have seen. Remember and pray. Lord, in Your mercy…
— Eric Hullstrom