8 years ago. I remember where I was, as I am sure you do. I remember hugging our kids and thinking about the unimaginable loss the families in Newtown experienced.
On this day, as we remember, may we hold each of these families in our hearts and prayers
May we also take what we learned from that day and apply it today. On that tragic day, our hearts broke together as a nation and we grieved with the families as though their loss was our own.
Although it may not be our loved ones who have lost their lives due to COVID, so many lives have been lost and those families are forever impacted by it.
I invite you to join me to...
pause. breathe. pray.
May we remember the children and adults who lost their life on that tragic day. May we take time to pray for their families and let their stories forever impact our hearts to be a part of the change we need to see.
May we also take that same heart of empathy and compassion we had then and take it into our days today. Whether we know those who are personally impacted by COVID or not, may we be compassionate and experience others losses as our own. May we do what is ours to do to help prevent more losses of life, by COVID and gun violence, so more families will not have to experience such tragic losses as these.
With love and hope,
Shawn
“Mourn with those who mourn.” - Romans 12:15