Aurora Shooting

[Love Light Laughter]

SUCH a senseless, senseless tragedy. I have been sending out prayers constantly: for the families of loved ones and friends who went through this, for the first responders, for the shooter's loved ones and friends, and the shooter himself. Everyone needs all the prayers we can muster. "Why?"...is the question we all will be asking for months and years.

I cannot tell you how scary it was until you checked in, Brenda. And after what you told us, I am even more grateful that hopefully our phamily is still all together.

Much, much love and peace being sent you way, for you and for everyone involved.


Love and Light,

Lauri

[karenthomas]

So thankful your family is ok, Brenda. What a horrific tragedy. There really seems to be nothing we can do to stop these kinds of situations, except to try and get someone professional help when we see signs of mental disturbance in our acquaintances. Even that can be difficult. Let's remember to pray for these families and victims... and pray for that young man and his family too. What drives a person to this point ... well, Satan desires to destroy us all in any way he can, sometimes through mental illness or attacks of this nature. Our best defense is prayer & keeping a close relationship with the Lord, asking him to keep us safe, in mind & body & soul. God bless the people in CO today. I know it seems like tragedy heaped upon tragedy for our CO friends right now.

[Destgirl]

Ohh what a tragedy Praying for the injured,the families of those who lost their lives and for the people who were in the theatre..

Destgirl

[BrendaK]

Hi friends,
I'm thankful for all of the prayers that you are offering on behalf of the families here in Aurora. There was a prayer vigil held tonight and Jesus was definitely lifted up. Thousands were in attendance. There were a lot of thanks given out, but I'm sure there are many more acts of kindness that will be needed over the coming months while the families try to put their lives back together.

We eventually learned that there were at least 33 folks from our congregation in those two theaters that night. Most were in the adjacent theater and were mostly hit only by debris as bullets came through the walls, but 6-8 teenagers were in the theater with the gunman. Thankfully, none were seriously hurt. My heart breaks for the families of the ones that were killed.

Dozens of churches are rising up to try and meet the needs of the community, including our fellowship which had reporters from a couple of different outlets visit this morning as our pastor tried to comfort everyone. My pastor (Ed Taylor) specifically asked us not to lift up our church, but to lift up Jesus. If you'd like to read the brief articles, here are the links:

(Dallas Fort Worth news) http://www.wfaa.com/news/national/Congr ... 55996.html
(LA Times) http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nati ... 6921.story

Love you all!

[Tessitura]

I watched the prayer vigil on tv. CNN televised it. It was so full of love and hope for the future and yet watching some of the people suffering was hard to take. My heart just broke at how their lives have been turned upside down, and even though they will eventually turn right side up, they will never be the same. My prayers continue for the survivors and the community.