THE COMFORTING ASIDE OF TRAGEDY

THE FRAILTY OF EXISTENCE RESTS UPON OPPOSITES SO IT'S APPROPRIATE TO LOOK FOR THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAGEDY IN THE AMISH COMMUNITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. A MAD, POSSESSED VILLAIN PLOTTED REVENGE, TORTURE, SEXUAL ABUSE AND DEATH FOR YOUNG GIRLS. THE DEVIL MADE HIM WANT TO DO IT. NONE OF THE ADVANCEMENTS OF CIVILIZATION WILL EVER FREE US FROM WITNESSING OR SOMETIMES PERSONALLY EXPERIENCING THE DARK SIDE OF THE HUMAN SOUL, BUT GRACE IS POSSIBLE. OCCASIONALLY, THE UNMERITED LOVE AND FAVOR OF GOD IN CHRIST, OCCASIONALLY A FREE GIFT OF GRACE, DESCENDS TO AN EARTHLING. PERHAPS MORE OFTEN THAN WE'LL EVER KNOW. SOMEHOW A DIVINE INFLUENCE ACTED WITHIN THE HEART OF THIS SINNER TO PREVENT HIM FROM CARRYING OUT HIS SATANIC, SADISTIC, SCHEME OF TORTURE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. SOMEHOW TO PARTIALLY MITIGATE HIS GUILT AND REDEEM HIMSELF, THE MURDERER OPTED TO SIMPLY SHOOT HIS VICTIMS AND THEN COMMIT SUICIDE. HIS SOUL TORTURED AND SOLD TO THE DEVIL, SOMEHOW EMBRACED GOD'S MOMENTARY GRACE.

THERE WAS NO REASON OR WORTH ON EARTH TO VALIDATE THESE YOUNG GIRLS’ DEATHS. THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THIS TRAGEDY IS THE SWIFTNESS OF TRANSPORTATION OF HIS LITTLE, INNOCENT ONES TO THE WELCOMING ARMS OF THE LORD.