Amish Grace is what We need now!

I promised that I wouldn't write much about the tragic happenings yesterday in Connecticut and China. However, I have become increasingly angry at the posts that I continue to see on the internet by so-called Christians. These people continue to represent a small faction of Christians in the world, giving the rest of us, totally bad names.

For those of you who read this, who sincerely believe that this evil happened because God wasn't allowed in the school, I would like to remind you that God was present in the Amish school (Nickel Mines, 2006) in Pennsylvania, where five Amish girls lost their lives.

And while right now, our wounds are open and raw, we must remember as the Amish did...

"On the day of the shooting, a grandfather of one of the murdered Amish girls was heard warning some young relatives not to hate the killer, saying, "We must not think evil of this man." Another Amish father noted, "He had a mother and a wife and a soul and now he's standing before a just God." Jack Meyer, a member of the Brethren community living near the Amish in Lancaster County, explained: "I don't think there's anybody here that wants to do anything but forgive and not only reach out to those who have suffered a loss in that way but to reach out to the family of the man who committed these acts."