Hope and Comfort for Uvalde, Texas

By Angela Wittman

Weeping may endure for a night,
But joy comes in the morning. 

~Psalm 30, Verse 5 (NKJV)

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

~Romans 12, Verse 15 (NKJV)

As Christians, we are called to offer hope to a dying world and that hope is Jesus Christ. We are to pray, show compassion and to weep with the brokenhearted. But as followers of Christ, we also know with certainty that we have a Christian hope to be reunited with our loved ones who have died in the Lord, and that hope is to be shared with those grieving. 

I sincerely pray that we will be lights shining in this dark world and that we will rise to the occasion by offering comfort and the blessed hope only found in Christ Jesus.

News Links: 

• Outrage at Shooting Uvalde, Texas (Veritas Domain - The Domain for Truth)
• SBTC dispatches ministers in wake of Uvalde elementary school shooting (Baptist Press)
• Gunman Kills 19 Children in Texas School Rampage (AP - CBN) 
• 19 Students, 2 Adults Killed in Deadliest School Shooting in 10 Years: 'Turn This Pain into Action,' Biden Says (Christian Headlines)
• The Latest on the Uvalde School Shooting: 'We Are Bound By a Covenant of Human Solidarity'(Denison Forum)
• Uvalde, Heartbreak, & Roundup of Responses (The End Time)

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. ~Ephesians 2:4-10 (NKJV)

After you read through the news articles posted above, please also take a moment to consider this advice from Pastor Tom Buck of FBC Lindale, Texas:

Our country desperately needs to replace “moments of silence”with hours of prayer.

— Tom Buck (Five Point Buck) (@TomBuck) May 25, 2022