Why?

Yesterday mid-afternoon, tragedy struck a land close to my heart. Norway, rocked by a lethal bomb, then shaken by senseless shooting at a youth camp. My heart goes out to my norwegian friends, so many who are grieving and have been left with this unanswerable question: Why?

At this point we know little about the Norwegian man arrested for this crime or his motives, though at first these crimes seemed to be politically motivated. Whether this was an orchestrated attack or the work of a lone lunatic, we do not know. No matter what the answer to these questions may be, it could never satisfy the grievers' painful longing for their lost one, and the question of why?...

Why were their lives snuffed out this way?.. Why did they have to be there?.. Why couldn't they have stayed at home, or been elsewhere?.. Why will i never see their smile, hear their laughter or their voice again?.. Why couldn't i be in their place?.. Pain incomprehensible, inconsolable, mourning the loss of a loved one we once held so near...

Too well i know these questions which can never be answered, and answers that never give us peace. For some, these questions may haunt us for the rest of our days. Yet in the midst of these unanswered questions, we can seek true peace from above, a peace that surpasses understanding and carries us though life's unjust blows..

Pain, 
no words could remove 
nor vengeance appease, 
a cruel cross to bear 
in this life so unfair..

Peace,
no words could give 
nor vengeance uphold,
to carry us through 
this pain unconsoled..
 
Why?
we can't comprehend 
it troubles our mind,
of these questions let go
so peace we might find..
 
Lord,
give us the strength 
we'll need to go on,
as the one we so loved
now sees a new dawn..

My prayers are with all who have lost loved ones through these tragic events.

May 'the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus'
Philippians 4:7 (KJV)