Virginia Tech

The entire Virginia Tech community fills my mind and heart this morning.

The inexplicable massacre that took place in Blacksburg yesterday morning defies comprehension.

Thirty-three deaths, including the gunman who took his own life, and many injuries. . . .

So many questions.

Why?

Why these students?

Why murder completely innocent people?

How could this happen?

One of the weapons used in the disaster was purchased just last week.

Obviously, the shooter, apparently a Virginia Tech student, was deranged, apparently troubled over a failed relationship.

Did he have no friends? No support? No community?

There are no answers. I expect that for many questions there will never be answers.

Identifying with the students and their families comes easy this morning. I've been thinking of my own children and my grandchildren. Classroom and universities should be places of hope and opportunity and freedom, not chained chambers of death. Devastating.

Pray for the community at Virginia Tech today. Pray for the students who were injured. Pray for the families who lost children and brothers and sisters.

Pray for hope to survive in every life. Pray for your community and every member of it.