Headlines scream. Sirens blare. TV News, non-stop, reports unbelievable terror, tragedy and loss in high-tech university settings turned into attempted plot or actual crime scenes of senseless murder, madness and mayhem.
Our hearts break as we face tragedy after tragedy - Columbine revisited and multiplied, a flashback to another time and another place. What in the world is going on; where in the world do we hide! We live on a planet of pain, death, terror and unspeakable evil. Believers cry out, "Oh Lord, how long?"
Peggie's Place issues a call to prayer for high school and university students, and the terror of potential crime scenes at any time and any place on our globe. May such terror, BEFORE it happens and WHEN it happens, bring us to our knees! Pray for students, parents, professors, staff - the wounded, the critically ill, the grieving - world tragedies of unspeakable and unconscionable proportions.
God help us all! Only He can redeem our world from Satan's grip that would cause evil as we have seen this day. He has, and He will. His own Son died at the hands of fallen man, in an unfathomable, divine plan to bring us to God. Someday evil will meet its eternal doom and Christ shall reign in love and peace forevermore.
Please check out the various tragedy resources listed below; may we all turn to God who knows, who understands our grief and weeps with us.
"Does Jesus Care?" . . . "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" . . . "Joy Comes in the Morning"
The Virginia Tech tragedy of 2007:
Virginia Tech - In Memoriam
"School Shooting at Virginia Tech Leaves 33 Dead" - ASSIST News Service
"Coping with Disaaster, Fear and Crisis"
"Christians Send Aid, Prayers to Heal Virginia Tech Campus"
"Holocaust Survivor Killed at VA Tech Trying to Save Students..." - ASSIST News
"Where Was God during the Virginia Tech Shootings?" . . . "Virginia Tech Christians Ask Why"
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship at Virginia Tech . . . New Life Community Fellowship/Virginia Tech
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"Why, God, Why?" - Ruth Graham Lotz (CT)
"A Pastoral Response to an Unspeakable Tragedy" (Christian Post)
"An Unspeakable Tragedy" . . . "God Remains Our Source of Courage" - by Pastor/Poet Greg Asimakoupoulos
Dealing with Grief (Radio Bible Class)
Grief and Loss Resources . . . Grief resources: online support
Bereavement and Grief Resources - Grief's Journey . . . . . . I Lift My Eyes Grief Resources
Handling Suffering - Into Thy Word Ministries
"Tragedy, Faith and Unanswerable Questions" . . .
"God, Where ARE You!" . . .
"Where in the World ARE You?"
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Additional Resources
God's 911
"Why Would an All-Powerful God Permit Evil?"
"10 Reasons to Believe - in a God Who Allows Suffering"
"When Tragedy Strikes: Finding Security in a Vulnerable World"
"Where Is God When It Hurts?" - Philip Yancey
Where Is God in the Midst of Tragedy?" . . . "Where Is God..."
God, Where Are You?" . . . "Where Is God When Bad Things Happen?" - by Luis Palau
"Where Is God in Tragedy?" - In Touch Ministries . . . "Where Do I Find God in this World of Tragedy and Pain?"
Tower of Strength devotional archives . . . 9/11 Tragedy . . . 9/11 Tragedy Resources
Humor and Inspiration for Your Day - a wonderful Christian site!
Skywriting.net - humor & inspiration . . . Skywriting.net - Christian Cartoons
Once Upon a World
Unique, original audio Bible stories and podcast for children.
Pray daily for our military! View "Remember Me" - YouTube, a patriotic video.
Who Is Jesus? - International Bible Society
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Chocolate-Related Devotionals by Peggie!
Chocolate De-Light! . . . The Rat, the Cat--and the Chocolate!
Confessions of a Chocoholic--by Peggie!
So Where's the Fudge? . . . Where's the Chocolate!
Other devotionals by Peggie: See The Devotional Buffet.
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