Why, O Lord, do you stand aloof?
Why hide in times of distress?
Proudly the wicked harass the afflicted,
who are caught in the devices the wicked have contrived….
He lurks in ambush near the villages;
in hiding he murders the innocent;
his eyes spy upon the unfortunate….
You do see, you behold misery and sorrow,
taking them in your hands,
on you the unfortunate [person] depends;
of the [parentless] you are the helper.
It may seem as though the
Lord is standing aloof. But is He? He Himself was slaughtered in that murderous
rampage, as Jesus tells us in Mt.
25:40: “Whatsoever you do to the least of my brethren you do unto Me.” Every person killed, maimed, injured and
traumatized by James Holmes is a son/daughter of God. God dwells in each of
them and them in God. So God was not untouched by this murderous rampage and is
not standing aloof. Jesus' crucifixion was re-enacted in Aurora, OH. It is God who will come to the aid of the
brokenhearted, as the psalmist reminds us in Ps. 34: 18: “Yahweh
is near to the brokenhearted, he helps those whose spirit is crushed.”
May the people of Aurora
be comforted by the prayers of those of us not physically there to help. And
may those who can give hands-on assistance do so in Jesus’ name.
May James Holmes,
obviously a very sick man, get the help he needs to heal, to feel remorse and
repent of the crime that he committed. He destroyed his life, too, in that onslaught of anger and deeply wounded his parents.
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