So Young, So Tragic

I was saddened to hear some of the news this week.

Five-year-old Maria Sue Chapman, the youngest adopted daughter of Contemporary Christian artist, Stephen Curtis Chapman, lost her life yesterday after being struck in her driveway by an SUV driven by one of the Chapman's teenage sons. The police said the incident at the Chapman's Franklin, Tennessee home was simply a terrible accident.

In Phoenix earlier this week, a three-year-old boy who was with his mother visiting a friend's home found a loaded gun on a nightstand and fatally shot himself. Again, just another terrible accident.

My prayers go out to these families and friends, especially to those who may somehow feel responsible and struggling under a mountain of guilt.

As children of God, we often find it difficult to understand why these things happen. Fortunately, God knows perfectly well, and understands our pain, too.