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Sharon Lee

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Lives have been changed. Lives have been lost. I will be adding to my prayer list.......
4/20/2007 8:37:59 PM
Bad Things Happen to Good People

“; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal,” 2 Corinthians 4:18 NASB.

Once again my intentions for writing today have been changed. Lives have been changed. Lives have been lost. The nation is still numb from the events Monday on the campus of Virginia Tech University. The inconveniences of our trip to New England this past weekend are just that; inconveniences compared to the atrocities committed by the young man, Cho Seung-Hui.

At times like this, humans often want to blame God. That idea is food for another essay. Suffice for now that God did NOT cause this terrible act! Bad things happen to good people. Since the fall from grace in the Garden of Eden, mankind has encountered tragedies. We may choose the shelter and comfort from God or deny Him and suffer even more through the painful times. In the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew records the words of Jesus; "for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous," Matthew 5:45b.

For today and the coming days I will be adding to my prayer list the families of those lost at the hands of one acting on behalf of the Prince of Darkness, Satan. Will you join me?

Ross Alameddine
Jamie Bishop
Brian Bluhm
Ryan Clark
Austin Cloyd
Daniel Cueva
Prof. Kevin Granata
Caitlin Hammaren
Jeremy Herbstritt
Rachael Hill
Emily Jane Hilscher
Jarrett Lane
Jocelyne Couture-Nowak
Matt LaPorte
Henry Lee
Prof. Liviu Librescu
Prof. G.V. Loganathan
Partahi Lumbantoruan
Lauren McCain
Daniel O’Neil
Juan Ortiz
Mary Read
Reema Samaha
Maxine Turner

This is a partial list by supplied by AP, updated Wednesday morning, and 4/18/07.
Please add to your list those whose names may be released in the coming days. Don’t forget the others for whom you need to pray for. It doesn’t take as long as you would think to pray for even one hundred people by name; maybe three to five minutes. God will take it from there.

Prayerfully,
Mike
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Thomas Richmond

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Re: Lives have been changed. Lives have been lost. I will be adding to my prayer list.......
4/20/2007 8:55:02 PM

Mike how cool is this? i have more than a few i'd like to name to pray for, namely me though, i have lost 2 of my closests friens just recently hear at Adland and my heart seems to be troubled a bit. Many of you have Pm'd me and i do appretiate that thank you. So if you could Mike and Sharon that would be just awesome! Thank you. Just recently in my Encorage my soul" forum i have started a lesson on How to Pray, 3 Lessons, the Last one will be tomorrow. I was telling a good friend today how Ironic that a prayerwarrior needs Prayer too? Lol. Thanks again Mike.  God_bless _you!

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4/20/2007 9:58:26 PM

Mike, this is a lovely thing to do.  Thank you for supplying these names to pray for.

Every day is a gift.  God does not promise us tomorrow.  That is why it is so important to live each day to the fullest and never let the sun go down on your anger.   No matter how you have been hurt or maligned by others, always forgive and let it go, thereby setting yourself free.

We must pray for these families that have had their children snatched from them.  I cannot imagine the anguish they must be going through. 

Luella May

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Re: Lives have been changed. Lives have been lost. I will be adding to my prayer list.......
4/20/2007 11:30:38 PM

Hi SHaron,

     Every day is a gift from God.

I will be praying for each of these people. And for all that were affected and touched by this tragedy.

Thank you, my friend.

Your Good Friend

Deborah

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4/20/2007 11:38:59 PM

Hello Mike,

Thank you for sharing this list of names.  I have been praying for these families ever since this took place on Monday.

Just this morning, I realized that there was one Family that I was neglecting.  The Cho family has also lost a Son and a Brother.  The little boy that they had cared for and loved for over 20 years is now a Monster in the eyes of the World, and it is difficult to imagine how their hearts must be broken.  As we pray for the Families and loved ones of the Victims, may we also find room in our hearts to pray for the Cho family as well.

Lord, may the emptiness and loneliness in the hearts of these who have lost so much, be filled with the comfort of Your Love and with the memories and thoughts of happier times and moments shared with their Loved Ones.  May Your Angels walk beside them and comfort them through the troubled and difficult days ahead.  We ask this in Jesus name.  Amen

God Be With You My Brother,

Phil

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