Virginia

Were you surprised when you heard about the shooting at Virginia Tech University yesterday? I was - catastrophic events like that always seem to come out of nowhere. However, considering that

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick" Jeremiah 17:9a

and

“All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive. The venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.”       Romans 3: 12-18

The fact that should surprise us is there are approximately 4,500 colleges and universities in the US and Canada that didn't experience a shooting yesterday.

The incredible goodness of God in restraining sin in his creatures is the only thing that keeps things like this and much worse from happening every day.

While we pray on behalf of the families affected by this shooting, let's also praise God for His sovereign control of the universe, and the fact that though we deserve death for our sin, we live.