Like most of you, I found the news of these terror attacks both upsetting and disturbing. I shook my head, wondered what might happen next, and prayed for peace. Honestly though, I got back into my daily routine rather quickly. Since last Friday, I have added the victims to my prayer list, and there is a subtext of concern about these things running in my mind. However, for all practical purposes, my "normal" has resumed. I would venture to guess this would describe most of us.
But it does not describe our seniors.
Saturday evening, one of our seniors contacted me and asked if we could use our Coram Deo time on Monday to pray for Paris. You see, for these young people, Paris is now a place they know. Having recently returned from the Grand Tour, this terrorist attack is personal for them. Paris, London, Rome, Athens, and the other cities and villages they visited are familiar places. They walked, laughed, ate, journaled, and prayed among the people in each of these places. And it has caused them to love them. Although the circumstance is tragic and devastating, I am encouraged that these seven young people have experienced a key purpose of the trip: to see that people all over the world are created in the image of God and are to be loved.
May we be reminded that every attack is personal to someone, most especially to God. Pray for Paris. Pray for each other. And know that God is still good-all the time.
God bless you.
Jeanne Wilks
Secondary Principal