Remembering VT A Year Later

It is to easy to forget we move from one horror to the next with seemingly no respite and amplified by the 24-hour news channels with nothing else to do.
Our hearts become hardened what was once outrageous becomes "just another mass killing".
Pray for our country where we have removed God from the public arena and made Him and His standards a by word and then are shocked when our citizens are unrestrained in their worst desires and behaviors.
Pray for the families and friends of the victims but I would ask that you also pray for the family of Cho Seung-Hui they did not raise a monster they raised a son. His family not only lost a son that day they became the focus of much anger because he was gone and the rage had to focus somewhere.
He is responsible for what he did, not his parents, not the system, which I acknowledge failed in many areas.
But ultimately we each stand in this day and eternity accountable for what we have done. If we have not repented of our sins and put our trust and faith in Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice on the cross of Calvary then we will give answer to God for our deeds before a righteous and Holy God who grades on a His standard of perfection and not on any curve or comparison scale. If we are willing to humble ourselves, admit that we are not good people which is so very hard to do after all I'm not as bad as Hitler / not as good as Mother Theresa but somewhere in the middle - which is exactly how I used to think. Before I saw myself in the mirror of God's law and realized that I had broken every one of His laws in either word, thought and yes many in actual deed and that He who had been so kind as to bless with me with the breath of life had every right to punish me and send me to hell for eternity to satisfy justice. But, He has been so kind as to provide a means for justice to be satisfied and our debt to be paid in His own life's blood through His Son Jesus Christ. That we may be forgiven and enter into a relationship with Him.
The only thing that can transform an individual or a nation is the redeeming power of Jesus Christ.

That said VT has a list of those lost that day with approved biographies at
VT - We Remember