Hell of a day today... I spent most of my day off watching Oklahoma, like I'm sure a lot of people did. I have Family in Tulsa and the surrounding area, so I have a vested interest in people being safe in that great state. I live in Alaska and watching things unfold at such a distance is often hard for us in the 49th state. By the afternoon I had heard that a tornado had touched down in Moore, Ok. moments later the news that a school had been hit was reported. Tears welled up in my eyes as the realization that children had been at that school. This fact hit me even before it had been reported that there were any fatalities. I had known there would be. At that moment, I cried out loud, Questioning why something so horrific can happen to some so innocent and undeserving. Why God would allow something like this to happen to 24 3rd graders with their whole lives ahead of them. taken too soon, too young without reason or meaning. The problem is that the question has no answer. So I wept for them and for all the things they would never get to do, the experiences they would never get to have, for the parents and the joys of parenthood they would never have. Graduations, prom nights, weddings, baptisms and christenings, and grandchildren. All the things I have gotten the joy of experiencing in my life. So tonight, I pray and mourn for Moore, Ok. I thank the Lord that MY Family made it through unharmed. they are safe. Many others can't rest as easy as this humble man, and it has humbled me.
I read a tweet earlier " Tonight there are no conservatives or liberals, no Cowboys or Sooners. Just Oklahomans
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Good Night, Moore. May the Lord bless and keep you
Paul
May 20th 2013
