tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385857043505678400.post8887820398577705506..comments2023-09-21T03:12:39.058-07:00Comments on Our Beautiful Mess: BrokenBetsy Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00738539784989095050noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385857043505678400.post-80806617262784780892012-12-17T04:53:27.582-08:002012-12-17T04:53:27.582-08:00I feel the same Betsy! I am too grieving with them...I feel the same Betsy! I am too grieving with them. As I looked at Mason, Zoe and Hayden today getting ready for school I silently cried! I hope they are safe and that I have loved on them enough just in case! Taking them to school today was the worst! I know that this is an rare event, thank God, but still didn't want to let them leave my car. The long kisses goodbye and the immediate sense of feeling powerless to protect them with all I have. I can not begin to imagine the all the pain and sorrow and harsh reality they feel, yet can totally put myself there too. The reminders of these children will stay with me each day I pick up my children safe and happy. As it could have been any 1st grade in America. I have a Kindergarten child,2nd grader and 5th grader and of course Quinn. It could have been me who lost such gifts and were left reeling. God Bless these families and ease their heartache.We will never forget and will hold their memories close!Mom of the Fab 4!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12783048378473285189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385857043505678400.post-60764535775308050722012-12-16T20:33:13.224-08:002012-12-16T20:33:13.224-08:00I take joy in your honesty. Our God is a very BIG...I take joy in your honesty. Our God is a very BIG God and He is very familiar with His creation (us) being angry and uncertain with why He allows horrible things to happen. But God didn't create sin and evil...He doesn't remove the evil from the world (yet) because He already provided the bridge out of this world and into His. His son, Jesus. I too have had many questions and conversations with God about this event and many others. Why God isn't there the same outpouring of emotion outside each and every abortion clinic...millions of those babies have also died a horrific death but they go unnamed and forgotten. As I questioned God yesterday His response back to me was in His ususal way...simple and complete. Darkness can cover light, but only light can PIERCE the darkness. Light a candle in a blackend room and see what happens. He will bring beauty out of ashes in this event because He is the creator of all things good. I've encouraged many people to make donations to childrens hospitals or other similar charities in honor of these young lives and the adults who were lost. If we refuse to allow satan and his darkness to continue covering us by reaching out with hope and love at this time rather than anger, His work will begin the healing through us. I love your patterns, I love your blog and I love your heartfelt words, your grief and your questions. Light a candle of hope and pass it on...we can then ignite the country with love and healing as we do His work, be His hands and His feet. Carolhttp://uknitme.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385857043505678400.post-15389465054074262412012-12-16T19:36:20.560-08:002012-12-16T19:36:20.560-08:00I couldn't have said it better.I couldn't have said it better. Lindsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477282768728236103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385857043505678400.post-17846741504945961302012-12-16T19:28:38.756-08:002012-12-16T19:28:38.756-08:00Grieving with you, Bets. Lots of tears, it was goo...Grieving with you, Bets. Lots of tears, it was good to get out of the house tonight to go caroling, but it is on the hearts of many. I could not let Ty go yesterday. ...Jennifer buckhttp://www.gracefulexpressions.comnoreply@blogger.com