My thoughts on life after the horrific Orlando shootings

In light of the two recent events in Florida, with the shooting at the nightclub and the murder of Christina Grimmie, I feel compelled to share my thoughts on the greater scope of life and how precious it is.  With the recent birth of our daughter, and starting a new chapter with Dakota; I am now, more than ever, seeing that each moment in life is a blessing. 

It was just announced that the shooting at the nightclub was a terrorist attack with now 50 people dead and 53 injured.  This is the worst mass shooting in our history.  My heart and prayers go out to the families of the victims.  The man responsible is reported to have ties to radical Muslim organizations and was equip with more than just guns, reported he had a “device” of some kind.  One could only assume it was a bomb. If this is not a sign that evil is already at our door I don’t know what is.

With the murder of Christina Grimmie, it’s tragic how quickly everything can be taken from you.  Here is a girl all of 22 years; who went from just wanting to sharing her gift by posting videos on YouTube, to being a huge sensation on the show “The Voice” and still just at the beginning of what promised to be an amazing career.  She was very inspirational to many and spent much time with her fans. She was attacked while signing autographs.  Her brother was with her at the time and was able to tackle the shooter who took his own life in the ensuing struggle.  One thing about Christina people may not know is her humbleness and her faith. She was quoted as saying “I have God, Jesus Christ, I’m Christian. I try to stay as grounded as I possibly can.” So much ahead of her but she is up in heaven now.

So many of us live our day to day lives like there will always be a tomorrow and the fact is one day your time will end and there will be no more tomorrows for you here. There could possibly be a time when your life may be taken prematurely at the hands of another in a cowardly, selfish, horrible act like recently in Florida.  Many people are asking why God lets such bad things happen to people?  I can’t venture to guess why He would but I do trust in Him and His plan for me.  And to say God allowed for things like this to happen would be a misnomer, He didn’t. In John 10:10 is says, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” What can we take from this passage? We are told that the evil may come for us, yes, but not because we are weak but because we are strong.  Life happens… Never delay until tomorrow what you could do today because you never know when tomorrow won’t be there.

Never be the one who said I wish I had more time.