October 2, 2006 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A man walked into a one-room Amish schoolhouse with 27 students. He allowed the boys and adults to leave and kept the little girls, ages six to thirteen, hostage. When surrounded by police he murdered five young Amish girls and wounded five more by attempting to shoot them all in the backs of their heads...execution style.
...He put a gun to the back of the heads of little girls and attempted to murder them all...
This was a story that came and went in the news for most of us. It didn’t affect us so we paid little attention to it. The children of ten families attended that school, seven of them had daughters that were murdered or wounded in this evil, senseless attack.
The tranquility of one of the most peaceful, non-violent, communities on earth was shaken to its core for no reason other than the demented machinations of one man.
There was a time when the entire nation would have mourned for the loss of these families. That time is no more. The land is full of senseless, bloody crimes these days. We hear about them while having our morning coffee or while sitting down to dinner. Many of us then change the channel to listen to the latest sports scores or some other distraction.
The Amish have already forgiven this man and reached out to his family. They've set us an example of how Christians are supposed to be a light to the world. It's an example our world needs more than ever. We are surely cloaked in darkness. Dear God, how have our hearts become so hardened?
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