Yes it was an awful tragedy, a horrendous crime. But nothing we say comes close to the reality of what's happened.
This man, there is obviously something disturbingly wrong with him, nobody in their right mind would have done what he has done, and I think that's the point he wasn't in his right mind.
That said, we all have choices.
Saying it's very sad news, and prayers and thoughts are with everyone involved, victims, families, friends..and not forgetting the emergency services who were responded to both scenes. I imagine that what they saw they'll never forget.
I'm not a particularly religious person. But I always like this..
Footprints
One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking
along the beach with the Lord.
Across the sky flashed scenes
from his life.
For each scene, he noticed two sets
of footprints in the sand,
one belonging to him,
and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of his life
flashed before him,
he looked back
at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times
along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened
at the very lowest
and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and
he questioned the Lord about it,
“Lord, you said that once
I decided to follow you,
you’d walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed
that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only
one set of footprints.
I don’t understand why
when I needed you most,
you would leave me.”
The Lord replied,
“My son. My precious child,
I love you and
I would never leave you.
During your times
of trial and suffering,
when you see only
one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you.”