g'morning, j-land, i'm typing to you from my daughter's apartment in durham, nc. she's sleeping and i'm commandeering her pc and making a sunday lunch of chicken and rice soup.
scanning the headlines this morning, i read something that made me feel ashamed...yesterday, the amish attended the funeral of the man who killed the children in the amish school. the headline read something like: Amish Mourn Shooter.
God help me, i don't know if i could have the grace or purity of spirit that it seems they have. they opened their hearts to the man's family, they supported her by being there.
of course, the murders are not her fault, but i just don't know if i could be there by his casket without so much anger and bitterness for the loss he caused.
but they were.
sometimes, i look at myself and know how very far i have yet to go to be the person i want to be.
the example the amish people have set for the world...they have raised the bar so high. i don't think there's a person who could read their story and not be moved by it.
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oh gosh....that is absolutely amazing..for the Amish to be able to be there and mourn the shooter and embraced his family. Like you, I don't think I'd have the same spirit like Amish have.
But it is a grace and forgiveness that has been set years and years ago, sometimes, the nation needs reminder. And reading this, I have to believe that God placed this reminder upon Amish to set an example to us who can't or have a hard time seeing past other's fault. I truly admire what they've done as far as embracing this situation and the guy that did this to their children. They are an absolute role model when it comes to forgiving. They did not condemn the person nor the family. Their heart and understanding is beyond words. I hope that whnever I get upset at someone, that I may remember there are a community who embraced a shooter so they may heal themselves.
just amazing....
Gem ~
I , like you..don't know that i could have been strong enough to do that...actually i know i couldn't....the Amish are such wonderful people....we could all learn from them.
Hugss..~Terri~
I agree they really stand by their religion on forgiveness. I know that I would never be so...I wouldn't blame the man's family but in my heart I would ask St. Peter to kick his butt where it belongs if he dared show up there. That's just how I feel about it truthfully.....Sandi
I'd like to believe that I would have supported the family of shooter, and made sure that I had no grudge against them. But I don't think I could have attended the funeral.
Lori
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