Tragedy -The Lord can't lose !

Another sickeningly familiar headline this morning: " 8 die in Texas church shooting ". The story tells us nothing about the monster who - of course! - killed himself.

I don't think these horrible stories are impossible to understand. The scene of the massacre was a Fort Worth Baptist Church. And in the midst of it something more real than ballyhooed Faith in God (" See You at The Pole ", Santa Clause ... see you in heaven, God. " ) : ordinary human love and heroism - a girl laying on top of her best friend to protect her ... " and she got shot. "

The mental health system in this country STINKS ! Murder-suicides are the act of individuals in a nihilistic rage, individuals who feel that the game of life is all over for them, the cards had been stacked against them, they had been cheated and betrayed by many people who should have cared but did not. For too many of us watching other people drown in the rat race is a spectator sport.

Perhaps " desperation hot-lines " can be established in our bigger cities - to assist and cool off enraged individuals feeling " at the end of the rope ".

How many horrors might have been stopped by a few kind words, sincere attention - and a petty loan ?

I read about people thanking the Lord that THEIR kid was spared. And at the funerals they will thank HIM for taking their kid to Heaven. The Lord can't lose!

But common humanity can still win.