Around 10:08 p.m. on October 1 in Las Vegas, a country music festival turned dark. A gunman opened fire injuring hundreds of people and killing over 50. The rest of the world woke up to tweets, texts, Facebook posts, snaps, IG posts saying “Prayers for Vegas” as the preliminary details were flooding in. Originally the death toll was at 20+, it has risen. With positive posts, come negative posts. Posts of uncertainty. Posts questioning God. One response I typically think of: “When God is working hard, so is Satan.” Pat gave me a different perspective. God was there at the Route 91 Harvest festival. He was there. He is everywhere. While 50+ have died. God’s grace saved the death toll from being any higher. Oh, God’s grace. “The largest mass shooting in U.S. history.” The devil did that, but what God did was so much greater. He placed people in the right places to carry bodies to safety. He moved people to help others get behind barriers, life-saving barriers. He sent first responders into the danger zone. (Thank you first responders! You are truly Heaven-sent.) He gave people the ability to perform life-saving surgeries. He's the reason some stopped to help those who'd been hit instead of running to save themselves. He is the reason. A life without God, we don't want to know it. Today, we hurt. We hurt for the victims. We hurt for the families. We hurt for the first responders. We hurt for the city of Las Vegas. Today, we also pray. We pray for the victims, their families, the first responders, the reporters on the ground who have to witness it all first hand, the city of Vegas, and for humanity. For those who question God at times like this, becuase without him, Satan would have accomplished so much more. If there's any bit of hope after a tragic shooting like the one in Vegas, it's Him. We'll look to the light on the darkest day.
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