Let us love one another, for love comes from God...

1 John 4:7-21 New International Version (NIV)

God’s Love and Ours
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Meet the man who travels the country to help communities heal after a mass shooting. His name is Greg Zanis. He has made crosses going back to the Columbine mass shooting that occurred on April 20, 1999. Each cross he creates, he writes the name of the victim to help the families heal from their loss. He is no stranger to a horrific loss for he knows what trauma does to such a family when a loved dies this way. 

 The day of this tragedy was supposed to be a typical shopping day for the people of El Peso, but the moment the bullets started flying it became not so typical.  How does one escape from a rapid-fire machine gun? A gun that is often used in war.  

My heart goes out to the victims of the Dayton and El Peso tragedies,  Not sure what the solution is, or how we can improve this problem

Better background checks?

Elimination of gun purchases at gun shows?

Mental health evaluations before a gun could be bought?

Renewal of license every 4 years with an updated Mental health evaluation?

Diversity training so people will understand cultural differences?

Teaching young people friendship skills?

It seems that we need to lay down our political differences and reach across the aisle to find common ground so we can find a solution that will prevent another mass shooting from occurring. 

If only people will look to the cross of Jesus Christ and declare Him Lord of their lives and commit themselves to a local church, just maybe they will feel the love in the air instead of the hate.