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Hope at Virginia Tech
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
News reports about the tragedy at Virginia Tech seemed unbelievable. My brother-in-law is the Bradley Professor of Electromagnetics in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering there, and our son enjoyed his freshman and sophomore years at Virginia Tech before he decided to pursue a different area of study. How could this happen at a school that everyone in my family thought of as a safe and truly beautiful environment? We’ve been visiting family in Blacksburg for over 20 years.
One thing that immediately leaped to my thought was that those who are troubled need more attention and love in our fast-paced world. Certainly the young college student who committed the crime had deep inner conflicts and angers—much of which are still being discovered as police comb the records left behind.
But the question remains: how can anyone feel safe if something so awful can happen suddenly and without warning? There are no easy answers, but I found it quite encouraging that the students were able in some cases to prevent the gunman from getting to them or to escape before they were fired on. To me, their quick thinking is evidence of God’s love, guiding them. And I truly believe that safety rests on a spiritual foundation, one established and maintained by God.
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Katie Brown is a Christian Science practitioner in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States.
