It is hard to find words, on a day like today, to express the feelings that many of us had as we learned of how a young man went on a violent rampage killing 32 helpless and innocent bystanders at Virginia Tech and then took his own life.
John and Elizabeth Edwards sent out an email that I thought I would share with you. This is a family that has also experienced tragedy. Here is what they had to say:
We are simply heartbroken by the deaths and injuries suffered at Virginia Tech. We know what an unspeakable, life-changing moment this is for these families and how, in this moment, it is hard to feel anything but overwhelming grief, much less the love and support around you. But the love and support is there. We pray that these families, these students, and the entire Virginia Tech community know that they are being embraced by a nation. There is a Methodist hymn that gave us solace in such a moment as this, and we repeat its final verse here, in hopes it will help these families, as it helped us:
In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity;
In our doubt there is believing, in our life, eternity,
In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
Our dearest wish is that this day could start again, with the promise of these young people alive. Knowing that cannot be, our prayer is for God’s grace and whatever measure of peace can be reached on this terrible day.
John and Elizabeth Edwards
Please hold the families of these young people in your prayers, all of those that were injured, and all those that have been touched in one way or another by this senseless act of violence.
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