posted October 04, 2006 02:48 AM         

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The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

posted October 06, 2006 09:28 AM         

God's permissive will is the hardest thing for human beings to understand. God allows things to happen to both good and bad people because God will not intervene in our free will. The man who killed the children in the Amish school chose to do that. It was his choice and he is paying for that choice now in the spiritual realm. Though I am not saying God condemned him to what we call hell because I don't know how culpable or responsible he was. Obviously he was not firing on all pistons.

The question you ask Scorp is one that really only God can answer. All we can do is speculate. But the permissable will of God, what he allows to happen, is the hardest thing for us humans to understand.

posted October 06, 2006 08:03 PM         

The day ended as Emily's father watched helplessly while his fatally wounded child was wheeled away from Platte Canyon High School.

A week after the Sept. 27 siege, Ellen and John-Michael Keyes sat in their Bailey home, telling NBC's Meredith Vieira about the unfolding tragedy.

"We had an 'I love you' and a hug when they got out of the car," Ellen Keyes said. Emily had driven to school with her brother, Casey, and their mother as Red Hot Chili Peppers music blared, Ellen Keyes recalled.

Later, news reached the Keyeses about a gunman holding students hostage.

"I was in denial. I mean, well, maybe she's not there," John- Michael Keyes said. Nevertheless, he tried to communicate with Emily.

"I'm a tech guy, but I looked at my cellphone, and I've never sent a text message. And I looked around and said, 'Is there anyone here under 30? I need to do a text message,"' he said.

The now well-known message "R U OK?" brought relief when she replied "I love you guys." But there was no reply to his second text. The couple held out hope for her safety as negotiations between police and gunman Duane Morrison continued.

"One of my questions to (authorities) was, 'Is he communicating?' because that was important to me. And for a long time there was no communication. And that's when I could feel - it felt very dangerous," Ellen Keyes said.

Shortly before 4 p.m., SWAT teams stormed the classroom. John-Michael Keyes heard an explosion and gunfire, and said things "grew chaotic."

Eventually "they brought Emily out in front of me - 30 yards away maybe. I could not see her. At that point I'd learned about where she'd been shot. I was real specific with the ATF guy. I said, 'Is there anything that would provide her comfort right now?'

"And he said, 'No.' And I knew at that point," the father said.

The interview is scheduled to air on "Today" this morning and on "Dateline NBC" on Saturday.

posted October 07, 2006 12:20 PM         

Although, I don't believe "God" is an old man with a beard, sitting atop the clouds watching everyone.

I DO believe in Universal Energy and Intelligence.

I often wonder why my Mom and I always seem to have so much bad luck, when we are good people. I don't feel that we attract bad luck or bad things to happen to us; they just seem to. I don't feel that we are pessimists; we are optimists.

I still don't accept that the Universe took Steve Irwin, leaving 2 small children, who he was a WONDERFUL, AWESOME father to, and a great young wife, and a very purposeful career. Those kids needed him and could/would have learned so much from him.

posted October 10, 2006 10:19 AM         

Look at it this way, when you are called for a buffet, you have all the items in the menu available, and you also have the option (power) to choose WHAT YOU want. No one force you to take everything, no one forces you take anything at all..... when YOU(we) take the wrong things, why blame God?

Humans have this inherent need to find someone to blame or find a reason to complain, so as to keep the onus away from ourselves. But unless and untill we are on a self-realization path, we are not going anywhere, and we are not going to make anything different.

As a compassionate human being, I feel the pain what others are going through, and it could happen to me as well. I have had my own share of "bad" happennings especially in the past 4 years, and standing at the brink of my 34th birthday I am a man who have lost everything and is starting to "live" again all over again! The idea is to LIVE not to survive. and it is all in our mind, having a positive, enriching belief is the key.

Godliness is all within each of us, so is devilishness. That doesn;t make us God or Devil. So if we opt to use the Godliness good for us, if we decide to use devilishness, who is to blame?

posted October 10, 2006 03:19 PM         

One thing that has worked for me, is praying to my angels and spirit guidance for help when I need it. They usually come through.......if not immediately, then eventually.

posted October 11, 2006 01:47 AM         

You may want to check out this thread:
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/002270.html

A lot of food for thought!

Silverstone

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The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.