Once again, a gunman appears on a college campus, opens fire on a mass of students, then turns the gun on himself (story at the link below)

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/15/university.shooting/?iref=mpstoryview

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this shooting, as well as with their families.

I will never understand how someone can be so enraged, so sick mentally, that they can perform such a random act. When these things happen, we empathize. We know that on any given day, one of our friends or family members could meet with the same fate, so it hits home hard in our minds; then we pray. We pray for the victims and their families after the fact.

Today, I’m calling for all those reading this who pray, to pray every day for every school campus from k-12 through college. Pray these campuses be protected and those attending will be protected. Pray that anyone affiliated with any of these campuses who possesses the potential to destroy students, teachers and innocent bystanders will be discovered and dealt with before they snap and go on their killing spree. We do preventative medicine on our bodies, preventative maintenance on our homes and cars, why not preventative prayer?

Won’t you join me today in prayer?

Matthew 18:18-20

18“I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be^[d]bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be^[e] loosed in heaven.

19“Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.“

Hearing various news reports surrounding a 911 caller’s plight definitely places in question whether the emergency dispatchers exercised due diligence in getting Brenda Orr the assistance needed. Granted, there are those who have commented that she should never have smoked in bed, but that’s not really the issue here.

What if she hadn’t been a smoker? What if something else had sparked the blaze? Trying to place blame on the 911 caller only sidetracks from the real issue. 911 is there to get emergency assistance immediately, and when something like this happens, it breaks down the trust in the entire system.

For more information on this issue, read the story at the link below

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-02082008-1484391.html