Having been in a motorcycle accident that resulted in a fatality, I can't hardly bear to hear news like this, much less watch the video. Call me weak, but it breaks my heart completely. Those of you who've lost loved ones know how hard it can be, but when they are taken from you suddenly and violently...well, I really have a hard time with that. For anyone who causes a death or deaths like that (if it was indeed negligent), well...I won't go into what I think should happen then....
In these instances I'm reminded of a lyric from Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" that says "Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" He's singing about a slightly different circumstance, but it's about death and loss nonetheless and the inevitable slowing of time during loss and grieving (or even when you know you're going to perish). I've been where Gordon was talking about, where a circumstance turned even mere seconds into hours or even days it seemed. Unfortunately it will be that way for that family for a long time to come.
When something like this first happens, it seems like the love of God is nowhere to be found, but He is still there and so is His boundless love, and I know that He grieves for the families and their loss and for the pain they will continue to feel the rest of their lives after a loss like this. They may have great difficulty feeling His love right now, but it is there. Of that I have no doubt. And let me tell you, having His love surround you at times like that (and always) is truly a blessing.
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