Since the first mass killing in this country, officials have been digging into the reasons why. Why would a person choose to target the defenseless, killing people for the sake of killing?
Our national leaders and law enforcement will look into the killers background and dig to find the reasons. No doubt they will never be able to find anything that could matter to the wounded or family member of a fallen loved one.
What's the missing link in people of this generation that is propagating hatred and this type of killing?
If you look back one generation there was an underlying, basic teaching in the culture that is founded on the Greatest of Things. The teaching was not curriculum, however it was in our schools. A cultural moral that, for the most part, kept an individual from performing the atrocities we see and hear today.
The cultural moral was, "do unto others as you would want them to do to you". Profound. It was called 'The Golden Rule'. In past generations it was taught in elementary schools, in kids clubs, in sports. Do unto others as you want them to do to you.
This thought is an element that is rooted in the Greatest of Things which is Love.
Without Love people have no restraint.
Love is a matter of the heart. It can't be taught in school, it can't be forced or enforced. Love comes from a persons free will. That free will recognizing value. Then revolving all around what they value.
Jesus who is eternal love says, 'love one another just as I have loved you'. How did He love us? He came for humanity. When He came He demonstrated His redemptive love. He demonstrated His love by substituting Himself for humanity. He continues to demonstrate His abiding love in that He will never leave of forsake anyone that will receive His love.
The level of violence we see in our culture today cannot be combatted. Love must be received into the unseen heart and mind of a person through faith in an unseen God. When received the eyes will be opened and the ears will hear the Greatest of Things...Love.
You will see and hear because Love will be in you. Just believe and learn about The Greatest Thing. Love your neighbor as yourself, Love your enemy, Love covers a multitude of wrongs... The Greatest Thing is Love.