As most people were probably still getting ready to go to work this morning, 2 people (Alison Parker & Adam Ward) were shot dead while they were working. What Happened? Vester Lee Flanagan II shot and killed the journalist & camera man who he had formerly worked with at the TV station, WDBJ in Virginia. The shooting took place, live on television, while the journalist & camera man were reporting a story about a local lake. MSNBC & CNN report that he had unresolved workplace grievances, at WDBJ, & that he was angry about the recent massacre at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina. It has also been reported that he wrote this very long suicide letter stating why he did what he did this morning & then, sent it to ABC news. If the letter is from Vester Lee Flanagan, he basically says that he has been discriminated against at WDBJ & harassed there because he is gay. A quote from the letter says, “What sent me over the top was the church shooting,” he wrote. “As for Dylann Roof? … You want a race war…? BRING IT THEN.”
So, it sounds like he was vindicating himself & the nine people killed at Mother Emanuel AME church in South Carolina. O.k. What does all of this mean? It means that if we have anger that just builds & builds…it easily becomes hate. It means that hate can only…breed more hate. It appears that Vester Lee Flanagan let the incident at the church in South Carolina fuel a lot of anger that he already had in his heart (for whatever reason). It appears that the South Carolina shooting took his anger to a whole other level. Now, he hadn’t worked at WDBJ for a couple of years. So, for him to know where these people were working this morning, he had to have planned out what he was going to do to them. Yes…there appears to be premeditation here. Yes… Vester Lee Flanagan appears to have plotted out an act of revenge.
I’ve told you factually how this happened in a worldly sense. Now, let’s talk about how this could have happened in a spiritual sense. Let me explain. No matter how it looks in terms of who does what to whom on any given day…no man can do anything to anybody else unless God allows it. Unless, God allows it…it can’t happen. Now, don’t misunderstand. I am not saying that God approves of any specific act or that He causes any specific act. However, what I am saying is this, nothing happens on his green earth unless He allows it to happen. Believe me…He is always in charge. So, did God allow the 9 people to be shot dead at the church in South Carolina? Yes. Did God allow the 2 people to be shot dead today in Virginia? Yes. Well, you may be thinking, “If God is loving, why would He allow these tragedies?” I’ll answer like this. God is love so He can’t be anything but loving to humans at any given time. While He may hate our actions, He always loves his children. Meaning what about these tragedies? Meaning that just because He allowed these people to die, doesn’t mean that He didn’t love them. The reason that God even allows a 9 year old child to be shot dead in her mother’s bedroom, while doing her homework, has nothing to do with how much He loves her.
Instead, it has absolutely everything to do with how much human beings hate one another. This is another tragedy about this world that we live in. You see…it was hate that drove Dylann Roof to shoot & kill those 9 black people during bible study at church. It was also hate that drove Vester Lee Flanagan to shoot & kill those 2 white people while they were working this morning.
So you see…God was not even a factor in the equation when Dylann Roof pulled the trigger. For, if He was, that trigger would never have been pulled. Killing like that only comes from an evil that lies deep within a heart. And, God was not even a factor in the equation when Vester Lee Flanagan pulled the trigger this morning. Again, if God was operating within his heart, he never would have pulled it. Dylann Roof & Vester Lee Flanagan were led by hate… which is of the devil, not of God. Ooooh no.
Now, we are human & God understands that we are going to get angry sometimes. Shoot…even Jesus got angry. However, God also says that while it’s o.k. to be angry that we cannot let our anger lead us to sin. Here is where Dylann & Vester Lee fell short. They let their anger fester until it grew to hate. Their hate drove them to sin… by killing. God says, “Thou shalt not kill.” (Exodus 20:13) It is one of his 10 commandments. When we sin, we sin against God. And, it is He who we are accountable to. Why do we risk our souls & the souls of others by our hateful human natures? By killing, Dylann & Vester Lee put their souls at risk of hell. By killing, Dylann & Vester Lee may have put their victims at risk of hell if their victims weren’t in proper order with God. That’s how serious this matter is in the sight of God.
Vester Lee Flanagan did not give life (0nly God does that) & he had no right to take those 2 lives today. Was he discriminated against? Maybe. Hell, being black & gay in Virginia…I could easily answer that with a “probably.” Nevertheless, he still had no right to take what did not belong to him. Any discrimination he experienced does not change this fact. His hate served no godly purpose today. Not at all. It only led to the death of Alison Parker, Adam Ward & himself. And, tonight…there are many grieving people, throughout Virginia and beyond.
When hate fills our heart to the point that we want to kill…the only being that can stop tragedy is God. Only God can change a hate filled heart to one that is filled with love. I am telling you what I know. When hate rises up within us, we have to stop…take a breath…drop to our knees & cry out to God. We have to cry out…& beg God to take the hate, hurt & pain from our aching hearts…in the name of Jesus. And, remember, there is no shame in going to God. He loves us & wants to help us. He would rather see you on your knees crying out to him here on earth, then, seeing you end up in hell.
Love…even for our enemies…is the only way to stop these killings. For, hate only breeds hate…& it is this hate that kills. If we want to stop these killings, we all have to learn to love more… even, when it seems a hell of a lot easier to hate.
Iris R. Whiting ©
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