This story is over at CNN.com right now. To read of a family that thought it better to kill themselves and their children rather than continue to live is so tragic. Is our economy really the culprit? Or is it society? Where was the local church? Where were the neighbors, friends, agencies, anyone?!?!? Five children are dead!
I know that this family may not have reached out for help, but how much more can we as a body of Christ form a safety net of some kind?
I pray to our ever gracious God that He be with this family. Are they in His hands? I hope so! Heavenly Father also please be with families (including mine) that are struggling because of unemployment or other economic hardships. Please help your body share and serve those that need help so badly.
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Wow. This is a very sad story. I can't imagine thinking things are so hopeless that you would take the lives of your entire family. It's sad that they didn't seek help of some sort. It's easy to ask where the church was, but what if they never went to church? Or what if they put on their Sunday smiles every week? This is really sad. I guess it's why we need to always be alert and on the lookout for hurting people.
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You're right Jenn. I sorta just spouted out when I posted this. They could've not gone to church or not reached out, but it's still sooooo sad.
I know I've really dropped the ball on serving others, and I guess I'm grouping everyone together unfairly.
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Saddening isn't the word. What despair must he have known to resort to that... I completely agree with you on where was everyone else? Now I won't be blind to the fact that sometimes we (being the couple) may not reach out for help, but in some ways I wonder who truly knew them and their struggles, especially at such a clearly enormous level to end it all for not only him, not only him and his wife, but also all of his kids. WHY? And we'll probably never know.
I think of an acquaintance (that also became a friend) I just saw this morning. I won't go into the details here where it's public but there was some stuff they were going through... By no means was it the same level as this by any stretch of the imagination, but still the concept of supporting others, bearing each others burdens, helping, sharing, loving each other is there. I thought a few times to call but never did. Their lives, and their kids will never be the same because of it though...
beyond sad - it's insane. Monumental issues here w/ at least the dad & perhaps both parents, if it was a genuine 'agreement' that all should die by his hand. What father wouldn't push their child to safety if both were hanging from a cliff wall & he had the opportunity to save the child? No healthy father would decide it's simply, best that they both plunge to their death because??? I don't know that reaching out would have done much w/ that mindset. You can extend help to someone reaching for it. Someone concluding it's best to drag all the children w/ me as I fall to my death is not someone looking to receive help. It seems as though he even killed out of spite to some degree, as he wrote his letter blaming his past employer for their demise. That's demonic pique. Wow! This is pain we all absorb whether we realize it or not. - td
Chris and td,
You both are right. The sorrow that I have when I read this story is too much. It gives me the same feelings I had when I read about the Harvey killings a few years back. I still have a hard time thinking of that story without becoming a complete mess.
Chris, I'm definitely not saying that there wasn't someone there that could have reached out. I'm sure there probably was. I think we all drop the ball on reaching out to others. So, while it's sad that they didn't ask for help, it's also sad that no one noticed how badly they needed it. Because in my experience, sometimes the people that are hurting the most are the least likely to let others see it. Like you said, it's just plain sad.
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