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Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 4
Monday, April 16, 2007
Greetings Christian Soldiers!
Welcome to the Christian Soldiers Newsletter.
Our mission is to encourage Christians to stand firm in their faith and in their convictions.
Prayer Warriors Needed
By now we have all heard of the terrible tragedy that unfolded today at the Virginia Tech campus.
The story is being updated as I write, but as of 6 minutes ago:
Gunman, 32 others killed in Va. shooting
By SUE LINDSEY, Associated Press Writer
BLACKSBURG, Va. - A gunman opened fire in a Virginia Tech dorm and then, two hours later, shot up a classroom building across campus Monday, killing 32 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. The gunman committed suicide, bringing the death toll to 33.
More…. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_shooting
Brothers and Sisters, we ask that you add your prayers to ours as the families and friends of the slain and wounded, the students and faculty at Virginia Tech, and the nation, as a whole, seek to cope with these tragic events.
As I watch the full media coverage of this tragedy, touted as being the worst of its kind in the history of our nation, I cannot help but reflect upon another tragedy, with a death count of thousands, that occurs daily in our nation, but for which we have no national media coverage, no Congressional moments of silence, no nation-wide outcry nor ceaseless weeping.
Are the seemingly random attacks upon school campuses reflective of a society-at-large, which no longer holds life sacred? Truly, “No man is an island” – John Donne.
Proverbs 41Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. 7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. 11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. 12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. 14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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