Waking up to a Tragedy

I wend to the gym this morning and every TV was tuned to news about the late night Las Vegas shooting, The latest news report I saw said 58 had been killed and over 500 were being treated for injuries. The gunman had also been killed. This is an act of our evil by a man of pure evil. No law could have stopped this because laws cannot prevent evil. I have not seen any politician turn this into an "us" vs "them" situation, which is wonderful. It is sad, and it needs to convict our politicians, that it takes something like this to bring us all together.

I applaud President Trump for keeping silent and even having a public moment of silence. Even now, it is still too early to know exactly what happened, even though the FBI is working very diligently.

The news is all about this question: Is it terrorism? Once again we are wondering what they mean. The victims were terrorized, It was not Muslim terrorism or state sponsored terrorism. Evil is evil, murder is murder, mass murder is mass murder. It does not matter if it was done by a crazy person or a religious zealot.

The Bible clearly says what it wrong with the world. Satan temps, people’s evil nature responds and people are carried away into sin. Usually it is a lie or stealing or sins that do not make the national news. Rarely someone goes all the way into absolute, total, over the top evil. People have two choices: Either run to God for comfort and solace or run back to progressive politics. God allows these things to draw and drive and push people toward him.

Lastly, there has to be someone who turned this into a political event. Hayley Geftman-Gold said she had no sympathy for the people in Las Vegas because Republicans usually listen to country music. She was a Vice President lawyer at CBS and CBS fired her immediately.

There is extreme evil in this world. 22,000 people gathered for an outdoor concert and one very evil man decided to ruin everything. Evil will not reign. God is still on the throne. Run to him, cling to him and don’t blame him for the mess we have made of the world. Get right with God, that is the only thing that will stop the evil.

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