The senseless killing of 20 children and their teachers and principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School was not part of God's grand plan. It was a thwarting of God's plan. It was the misuse of human freedom.
Interpretation
The tragic events at Sandy Hook were not divinely orchestrated but resulted from human choices that betray a higher moral order.
In this quote, Adam Hamilton reflects on the devastating tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, arguing that such senseless violence is not a manifestation of a divine plan but rather a distortion of human free will. By asserting that the actions leading to this tragedy do not align with God's intentions, Hamilton emphasizes the moral responsibility that comes with freedom and highlights the importance of recognizing the impact of human choices on the world.
In practice
During a community meeting about school safety, this quote can provide insight into the importance of responsibility in preventing violence.
OUR INSPIRATION: Billy Graham, July 2, 1962 “World events are moving very rapidly now. I pick up the Bible in one hand, and I pick up the newspaper in the other. And I read almost the same words in the newspaper as I read in the Bible. It’s being fulfilled every day round about us.
At this time is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
In a world without future, each moment is the end of the world.
When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus.
Physically there is nothing to distinguish human society from the farm-yard except that children are more troublesome and costly than chickens and calves and that men and women are not so completely enslaved as farm stock.
You ought not to be rude to an eagle, when you are only the size of a hobbit, and are up in hid eyrie at night!
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