Dedicated To The Families & Loves Ones Of Those Who Perished Today In Blacksburg Virginia

He called it a tragedy and His words were so true
We all struggle to wonder How could someone do
Such horrible things that hurt so bad
That cause so many people to feel so sad

And yet we never seem to find
The answer to questions that haunt our minds
And are left with confusion inside of our heads
As we lay ourselves quietly down in our beds

And we’ll drift off to sleep tonight and wonder why
God didn’t reach down from heaven and stop this guy
Father how could you let him just blast away
And ruin this marvelous and wonderful day

We’ll put God on trial and say that he failed
As he did nothing as those poor people wailed
We’ll hate him and mock him and spit in his face
We’ll make sure that we put God back in His place

We’ll say to Him you can’t be trusted if you couldn’t stop this
We’ll raise our arms towards heaven and give God our fists
We’ll say to Him you’re worthless and you’re not loving at all
If you couldn’t protect kids inside of that hall

We’ll throw him away and we’ll never look back
He’s not divine at all, this Father’s just a hack
I’ve no use for Him if he is that weak
If that is your God, then the future is bleak

But stop for a while and look through the tears
And travel back with me over 2000 years
And you’ll find a man who knew what you feel
His hurt was authentic and his pain was truly real

He sat in a garden and sweat drops of blood
His tears fell like raindrops thus causing a flood
Of emotion and heartache not matched in its kind
A more gutwrenching experience you’ll never find

Because he was wrestling with one that he loved
His Father in Heaven who reigned from above
And he asked him a question that echoed in the sky
Dear Father oh Father, just please tell me why

It has to happen this way and I have to die
On a tree in the ground under your watchful eye
And be forsaken by you as I hang on a tree
How much more painful do you think this could be

And the answer that came was a curious one
I ask you to do this because you’re my Son
And I need you to die because of their sin
So that my wrath will not consume them ever again

And Jesus rose from the ground and looked straight ahead
Knowing that in a few hours he’s soon be dead
And he did it because of his love for all men
So that those who would believe would be with him again

And he died on a cross with nails in his hand
And forsaken by God in this desolate land
And laid in a tomb for over two days
But on the third one, from the dead he would raise

And he ascended into heaven and sat down on the throne
To make glory and mercy and his grace be well known
He did all the Father had asked him to do
And he did it for me and he did it for you

And he suffered and died so that you may well know
That when days like this happen he didn’t let go
Of the universe and let it spin out of control
He suffered just like you so he could save your soul

And he knows how you feel as you see it unfold
The pain and the horror of those who won’t now grow old
And he knows you have questions and still wonder why
He offers his hand to wipe tears from your eye

And says to you gently I know what it’s like
To feel that pain of the bullets, because my hands felt a spike
And I know what it is to feel scared and alone
But trust me my child I’m still on the throne

And while you may not understand it all right now
Someday you will see clearly and let me tell you how
Place your faith and trust in me and stay close to my side
Like those in the buildings, I once too have died

And by dying I won victory over all of this death
I won back my children who carry my very breath
All things will become clearer in the passage of time
Even though these events have no reason or rhyme

I am Jesus and I was on that campus today
I never left any of them during their darkest day
I sat right beside them as they faced their last hour
I could have stopped the bullets by the might of my Power

But I chose to make a very different choice
I chose to speak to them with a very different voice
So I scooped them up in my loving tender arms
And took them to a place where they could never again be done harm
As they fell to the ground and lay lifeless in that place
I showed them the beauty and radiance of my holy face

I know it seems hard and you may not understand
But the events of today are part of a greater plan
And you won’t grab ahold of what all that will mean
Until you too face that hour and my face you have seen

So rest easy tonight and know in your soul
That I am still here and still in control
And have promised to work all these things for good
Just as I did 2000 years ago, just as I said I would.