I Ache

I sit near my fireplace this evening as Parker peacefully naps a few feet away in our bedroom. Reflecting upon today's tragic school shooting - our nation's second deadliest massacre - the videos & images on CNN, the President's heartfelt and tearful response, and the gut-wrentching newspaper articles replaying eyewitness accounts. Accounts of a story that no teacher, parent, school administrator, volunteer, community member, or child should ever ever ever have to see.  

Like many others today, as a mother, a community member, and an educator, I find myself completely heartbroken and overwhelmed by today’s breaking news. And while our nation mourns the loss of twenty innocent children and six adult educators, I find myself stunned to learn that twenty innocent children across the globe in China also lost their young lives today as they walked onto their school grounds.

I do not have the words to express my emotions this evening. So instead, I sit & listen. cry. pray. reflect and sing the sadly relevant lyrics to one of my favorite worship songs ... 

"Ache" by Jesse Butterworth

Holy Spirit come, Undo what weve done, And soften this hard soil 

Holy Spirit stir, Come and turn this dirt, In to something beautiful

Jesus, I ache for Your children, Lord, my heart breaks for the many

That don't know Your love, Jesus I plead for this city

Come and redeem the many, Who are far from home

And make Your glory known! 

Holy Spirit come, Undo what weve done, And tend this dying vine

Holy Spirit stir, Make this hardened dirt, Explode again in life

We will prepare the way of the Lord

We will declare the name of the Lord

We'll set our hands to work for the Lord

We'll take our stand and follow You Lord

Jesus, I ache for Your children, Lord, my heart breaks for the many

That don't know Your love, Jesus I plead for this city

I'm down on my knees for the many, Make Your glory known in this city

Come and redeem the many, Who are far from home

And make Your glory known!