tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072387631167128194.post6151482106127876273..comments2013-03-04T21:13:27.886-08:00Comments on Connect The Truth Dots: The Absence of The LightTruth Dotshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02456030598584955664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072387631167128194.post-18846871952098032152013-01-02T20:52:48.893-08:002013-01-02T20:52:48.893-08:00Thanks, I hope for the same thing.Thanks, I hope for the same thing.Truth Dotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02456030598584955664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072387631167128194.post-383019117719556122013-01-02T20:51:16.657-08:002013-01-02T20:51:16.657-08:00Thanks so much Tamara. The prayer of St. Francis p...Thanks so much Tamara. The prayer of St. Francis pretty much says it all. Truth Dotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02456030598584955664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072387631167128194.post-40526431969847864292013-01-02T17:13:08.788-08:002013-01-02T17:13:08.788-08:00Of course the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook has ha...Of course the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook has had dampening affect on many this Christmas season. I can't imagine the agony that these parents are going through. It was a tragedy that I feel could have been prevented. It is very difficult to lose a loved one especially before the holidays. I have a friend that lost his mother in November and another friend that lost his nephew in October. What sickened me on the day of the shooting was when the liberal media and corrupt nanny state hypocrite politicians immediately called for more gun control before the children's poor bodies were even cold. The call for banning guns and more gun control has created panic buying since the incident which will result in millions more guns out in society. The media has reported requests for 2 million plus background checks for people buying guns since the incident. I believe there should be a psychological exam along with a criminal background check needed before a potential gun buyer can take possession of the weapon. A gun is one of many instruments of death. Banning guns will not stop anything but will instead create a vibrant black market for them. Tragedies like Sandy Hook are not exclusive to this country. There were incidents similar to this in China that were not widely reported. See link: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_attacks_in_China_%282010%E2%80%932012%29)<br />The focus should be on mental health issues and the decay of society and not weapons of death.<br /><br />A loaded gun just sitting on a table will not harm anyone.<br /> <br />Guns don't kill people. People kill people.<br /><br />Here is a song for the parents.<br /><br />"Tears From Heaven" Eric Clapton<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6t4Zs5Yq_k<br /><br />Would you know my name<br />If I saw you in heaven?<br />Would you feel the same<br />If I saw you in heaven?<br />I must be strong and carry on<br />'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven<br /><br />Would you hold my hand<br />If I saw you in heaven?<br />Would you help me stand<br />If I saw you in heaven?<br />I'll find my way through night and day<br />'Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven<br /><br />Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees<br />Time can break your heart, have you begging please, begging please<br /><br />Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure<br />And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven<br /><br />Would you know my name<br />If I saw you in heaven?<br />Would you feel the same<br />If I saw you in heaven?<br />I must be strong and carry on<br />Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven<br />Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072387631167128194.post-22438014889894544372013-01-02T08:53:44.701-08:002013-01-02T08:53:44.701-08:00Ben, I whole heartedly agree with all of your comm...Ben, I whole heartedly agree with all of your comments. This light has been missing from our lives for a long time now. It has dimmed with our government denying prayer in schools. It is truly sad that it takes tradegies such as 911 and Sandy Hook to complassion and kindness out of our hearts and transform us into the type of people we should aspire to be on a daily basis. We are all here on this amazing, beautiful planet together. Money and material things cannot make us happy nor accompany us to the gates of heaven...our memories of times with loved ones will. Peace and love to you and your family - my prayers are with all of you for your father's illness. Thank you for all of your enlightened words...I hope all of us reading your posts can share with as many as possible...it is a small wave but it could be a new beginning. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1072387631167128194.post-38825331506314012732013-01-02T08:38:22.088-08:002013-01-02T08:38:22.088-08:00Wonderful post Ben. There were so many people poin...Wonderful post Ben. There were so many people pointing fingers after this tragedy--yet they don't realize when they point a finger the other fingers are pointing BACK at them.<br /><br />I can remember an old song that said" Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with ME". I can't save the world-I can only offer my hands and heart to the one standing before me. <br /><br />St. Francis of Assisi prayed--and this pretty much sums it all up:<br /><br />O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!<br />Where there is hatred, let me sow love.<br />Where there is injury, pardon.<br />Where there is discord, harmony.<br />Where there is doubt, faith.<br />Where there is despair, hope.<br />Where there is darkness, light.<br />Where there is sorrow, joy.<br /><br />Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not <br />so much seek to be consoled as to console; <br />to be understood as to understand; <br />to be loved as to love; <br />for it is in giving that we receive; <br />it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; <br />and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life." <br /> <br />Totally random: we sang a version of this in choir in I believe 10th grade at SCHS!!! <br /><br />I am so sorry to hear about your dad. It's tough (been there last year). Sending healing thoughts his way!<br /> Tamera Ferguson Wolfenoreply@blogger.com