Grateful Hearts and God's Great Mercy
Have you ever tried to really wrap your mind around something unfathomable? Like in '07, a man ran into an Amish schoolhouse and shot 10 young girls, killing five, before turning the gun on himself. Human nature tells us to seek justice, which his death already served, and that those who commit injustice need to be punished. C. S. Lewis said the easiest way to know mankind is bent towards a universal morality, is to do something to someone who claims there are no objective right/wrong judgments. His assessment (and rightly so!), was that they would tell you that what you did was not right, or was unfair. That sense of justice, a right and wrong that exists, is universal- even among those who claim everything is relative. In that Amish community in Pennsylvania, losing those young ladies left a huge mark and much trauma, but early on, they made waves when they forgave in the midst of it. Some even going so far as to go to the shooter's burial service and gather money for the wi