With Norway in mind

We are always taken off guard by these terrible shootings by lone gunmen and yet there has been a steady stream of them over the years. In this country we have had Dunblane, Hungerford and Cumbria. There will always be such events because there is evil in the world and now and again it takes over some seemingly innocent mother's son and turns him into a monster. We like to think it could never happen to us, that our children are safe. Our child will never get shot, our son could never be the killer. Sin is a very potent force and any one of us could do these terrible things. It is only God's mercy which stops us. If we do not repent and turn to God we too could turn into a monster.