why?

What happened Sunday night in Las Vegas took my breath away.

I so much wanted it not to be true.

How does one understand such horror.

For a believer,

for a mind "set on things above,"

honestly, such terror is almost incomprehensible.

But yet,

as a student of God's word,

I know, beyond a shadow of doubt,

that evil exists in this world.

From the book of Genesis all the way through the book of Revelation

we are told of the existence of one called Satan

who is the adversary of every soul that spends time on this earth.

He is the evil one, 

the very essence of all wickedness and deceit.

For believers,

our hope is in Christ Jesus.

Jesus came to die,

 to defeat Satan, 

to put us back into a right relationship with God.

We pray daily for strength and power to not be led into the temptations of such a one as he.

God has given us everything we need to overcome our great foe.

Jesus won the battle for our souls.

That is why we worship Him.

The shooter....

No one knows of his final moments.

Did he "come to his senses" as did the prodigal son in Luke 17.

Did he recognize his sin and its terrible consequences?

Did he ask the Lord for forgiveness?

Did he accept Jesus' gracious provision?

We don't know.

The WHY is Satan.

The answer is Jesus!