Orlando

Today is Tuesday.  Two days ago it was Sunday.  I get up on Sunday morning to have breakfast and watch Sunday Morning.  Instead, I am watching breaking news on a mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub.  They had dead and wounded all over the inside of the club.  I saw some wounded being put into the back of trucks to be taken to the hospital.  All together, there are 49 dead and 53 wounded.  Some of the wounded are not expected to make it.
I can't describe my feelings on this news exactly.  I was shocked of course, but I can't say I was surprised.  I mean after all this has happened before.  Some madman with a gun goes into a place and kills a lot of people.  These people just happened to be part of the LGBT community.  That really doesn't matter to me.  It's the fact that so many people are dead that really upsets me.
I would hate to have the job of notifying families that their loved one had been killed.  Families are strange organisms.  What if some families didn't even know that their son or daughter was gay.  Some secrets are going to come out.  But mostly, it will be rivers of tears for the people that had jobs, lives, lovers, friends and families.  What will ease their pain?
I have learned the hard way that the old adage about time healing all wounds is not true.  It may lessen the pain, but you never truly forget.  I was able to, but not everyone can forgive.  But, I say this to the families of the victims, you must be strong and forgive who did this.  Otherwise, your lives will be consumed by bitterness and it will drive you to the brink.  To the survivors', guilt will be your companion for a while.  Seek help, then do what the killer tried to take away from you.  Live your life.  You will be happy again, you will fall in love and dance again.  Don't let this destroy you, if you do, the terrorist wins.
I can't watch the stories anymore.  It fills me with too much gloom and anxiety about the way the world is turning.  We are headed to a fiery destruction, filled with violence and hatred toward one another.  On Facebook, I posted the lyrics to Lenny Kravitz' Let Love Rule.  If we are going to survive, we need to learn to love each other.  Christ did not die on the Cross for us to destroy each other with hatred.  He wanted us to love each other.  Why is that so hard to do?
I'm not saying that we should like everyone we meet, you can't like everyone.  But we should be kind to one another and love each others as children of God.   It's called respect.  That is what everyone should get.  I know some people make it awfully hard to earn your respect, but at least try.  If they turn out to be mean, spiteful people, the let God deal with them, because he will.
One thing I don't understand is why it is so easy to buy an assault weapon.  Someone please explain to me why the average citizen needs an assault weapon.  Don't tell me it's for home defense, that's a crock.  There is no good reason why, and that's why I wrote my congressmen today asking them to ban the sale of military style weapons in this country.  You may disagree with me, but remember I too have the right to my opinion.
I did pray for the victims and their families, but frankly, I was disheartened.  I don't know what God's plan is for this world, but I think this is just the beginning.  Like it says in John, these are just the groanings of the earth, we will experience earthquakes, fires, floods, pestilence before the Lord comes again in Glory.  I think the earth is groaning pretty darn loud lately.  So, people you better prepare yourselves for the way of the Lord.  I don't know if he will be here tomorrow, or in this century, but He is definitely coming.  I am preparing my soul.  Are you ready?  I personally would rather know Jesus before the day of judgment than stand there and wonder where I'm going to end up.  I will pray to God tonight and the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary for peace in this world. It's the only thing I know to do.
Peace, Joy, Love - Bev