Good Morning, God,
The headlines began in a relatively small city in Oklahoma on a quiet Sunday afternoon. By yesterday, the headlines were national: Three young men, ages 15, 16 and 17, decided that to break their boredom, they would shoot and kill somebody. About that time, another young man, a college student, originally from Australia but going to school in Oklahoma and visiting his girlfriend in this small city, walked by. He was shot in the back and died, after staggering across the road and dropping to his knees. It is said that the 17-year-old drove the car; the 16-year-old pulled the trigger; the 15-year-old was "just the passenger."
All of this, Lord God, because these boys were "bored," bored on a Sunday afternoon in a small city of 24,001 souls.
Heavenly Father, may we never want for something to do so much that we would do anything destructive: vandalism, thievery, sexual crimes, assault and battery, or the worst-taking another persons life.
Life is so precious, Lord; may we always enjoy living it positively.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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