Opportunity

   I am saddened at heart to be the first to share this news if you have not heard it already today. However, at a high school in the state of Ohio, Chardon High School to be exact, there was a shooting by a student in which resulted in the death of a 17 year old male, and four others being wounded.
   I do not and will not make inferences on why this happened, as in what was going on in the boys mind or the exact reason why God allowed this to happen, for they would only be inferences. However, there are multiple possibilities for those involved.
   For example, the family of the wounded or the child that died could take this opportunity to share the Gospel of Christ, or they could do the worst thing possible, and shun God and seek revenge. However, I urge you, those who are in Christ, to take tragedies and hurts and use them as ministry. Jesus was nailed to a cross! However, you do not see Christians killing everyone else because Jesus was crucified.
   We are told to turn the other cheek, not to seek revenge, for vengeance is  for the Lord. So I urge you, in all situations, both big and small, see what opportunities are present to both be like and share Christ! Vengeance is of the Lord and the Lord only!