we will prevail
been holding off on this post mainly because i needed to re-examine my emotions.
after first hearing the vt shootings i didn’t know what to think. sad? angry? ambivalent? shock? embarrassment? my school. someone attacked my school and murdered fellow hokies…
then i started thinking, what would i have done if i was in norris hall? would i run? jump out the window with some of the other students? would i hide behind a desk locked in a classroom? i started thinking and this is when my mind started going off. i started thinking of strategies i could have done.
i could have taken my cell phone and hurled it at his head a la david and goliath, or taken one of those 50lb textbooks and slammed it in his face, or use the leg of a desk or chair and jammed it up is nose, i could have snuck up behind him and knocked him down and then start kicking the f* out of him. after strategizing for a while, i got really angry, even to the point of killing this f*s*b* in my mind. i truly believe i would kill him if i had the chance.
then i asked myself… what would Jesus do in this situation? the bible says that Christ died the death so that we don’t have to. He would not have fled, He would not have left anyone behind, He would not hide, instead He would have gone into the hallway, looked the killer in the eyes with love and compassion. Jesus would have said “Father forgive him for he doesn’t know what he’s doing” and taken the hits himself. Jesus would have sacrificed himself to save those who couldn’t. It would be an act of selfless love that only He can do…
and the action that Christians empowered by the Holy Spirit would do. and i started crying… no i started weeping… because in order to be a Christian, i would have to die… care not for myself, but rather give myself up so that others may live… ME… i would have to die… in order to truly be like Christ.
are we christian? will we die with Christ so that we may be raised with him as well?
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