Instead of our normal prayer topic of recovery for today, I
ask that everyone touch and agree and hold up the family members of those
killed in Uvalde, Texas. Lord, we are numb with grief and sorrow and just
unbelief, that people in our world can be so callous and cruel. To shoot a
family member, then many children and teachers is unbelievable. Yet we know
that the enemy of our soul wants to destroy families and he delights in the sin
of humans. There is evil in our world and it consumed first the predator and
then used him to hurt the vulnerable innocent children and teachers. Lord, all
we can do is plead Your blood and ask for mercy for America.
I call my thoughts on this tragedy: Got Tears?
You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your
bottle... Psalm 56:8 NKJV
On Tuesday, May 24,2022, a horrible tragedy occurred once
again with many school children murdered and a community shattered.
Nineteen children – and two adults -- were shot and killed
while at what probably started out as a normal school-day; a day where everyone
was looking forward to finishing the school year and having a summer of fun.
This attack in the predominantly Latino town of Uvalde was
the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. since a gunman killed 20 children and
six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.
We want to say a tragedy like this is certainly abnormal;
but with more frequent shootings, we may not be able to continue to say such a
statement. We weep anew each day as we hear more about this tragedy and pray
their families are finding solace in their faith, family and friends.
The grief process takes time and I pray that our great
Father God will wrap arms of comfort around those whose family was
affected. Hopefully they will find
comfort in the fact that the Lord sees our tears and bottles them in heaven.
In the eyes of our Father in heaven the tears we cry may
look like liquid diamonds. They are so precious to Him that He stores them as
jewels that He will uncover within us at the day of His coming.
When the tears you have cried are stored in His bottle and
you are drained, He becomes your Restorer, Strength and Hope. Got tears? Yes,
we all do, but we will be amazed at the beauty of those glistening bottles
waiting for us in heaven. Our tears will be there, but our loved ones will be
there as well. Trust that God, even still, has us close under His wing.
Donna Collins Tinsley
I
will still post our recovery day song, though.
Restore Them To You - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEzbIrTF5KE&t=23s
