I don't watch TV, so I woke up this morning to the newspapers and the devastation in Oklahoma City. I cannot even imagine being in the middle of such a storm. My family is from the midwest, so I had my time in basements and storm shelters, but that was a long time ago now. I heard stories from relatives and especially vivid was my grandmother telling of the time a tornado hit the state fair and her seeing a ferris wheel flung across the sky with people still in the seats. When we see what nature can do, why is it that we add to our suffering by deliberate acts of violence? There is enough randomness in the world that we need not mirror it in our behavior. But, of course, such acts are not rational, they are deformed minds bringing down others with them.
I pray that more people alive are found, that those who survived are comforted and sheltered, and that they have the courage to rebuild their lives.
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