I watched The History Channel tonight, which was my reward for laboring over a clean bathroom. My interest was peaked when I found that the channel could step in just ten days after such a tragedy and bring to light a very informative and unbiased analysis of what occurred in Blackburg on Monday, April 16, 2007.

Tonight I learned much more of the killer and the students who are left to make sense out of such a devastating event on Virginia Tech’s campus. I believe history to be rewarding because it’s not to be dissected for its politics, but rather for its facts. And that’s what The History Channel gave me tonight: facts. A breath of fresh air – they didn’t try to make sense out of all of it – but only the situation at hand.

To credit Jon Shirley, we should know that everyone in America feels something for that campus right now, whether they know it or not. We can busy our lives and desensitize ourselves, reading their story as any other headline, but when we slow down to think things through we begin to feel for those involved. Just because we are busy doesn’t mean we shouldn’t slow down to grieve for the loss of 31 lives, praying for those in Blacksburg to be renewed with God’s hope.

If a thousand years to You are like grass sprouting up, then that counts for about five days, because I cut my grass about every five days and every week when I cut the grass, new grass just completely replaces the old and nothing really remains but that old lawnmower which has been owned by someone else for decades.

And decades pass, but yet this grass-cutting machine continues to guzzle unleaded fuel like I drink espresso and though its blades seem like somewhat of a safety hazard to me, the grass continues to need its cutting. Behold, the old is gone and the new has sprung forth.

Yes indeed, new life has sprung forth! The week’s grass has sprung forth, a new generation of people in desperation have sprung forth and who will mow the grass this week?

I’m on vacation for the next five days. I looked into buying a laptop today and I went so close to living outside my means. But I talked some financial sense into myself like I was raised to do and determined that emptying my savings account for a $2800 MacBook was not in my better interest. I will be reading (and writing) much over the next few days as I retreat to rediscover the things to which God has called me.

My life consists of blessing upon blessing upon blessing upon blessing upon blessing. my career has begun at [BR] and I believe those who surround me are some of the most talented, brilliant and dynamic individuals.

I am daily inspired.