Jewells of Thought

The school shooting in Michigan happened while the court case was going on for the young man, Kyle Rittenhouse. I remember this specifically. Now the parents of that teenage boy in the school shooting have now been convicted on top of their son who murdered and wounded 7 others.

Some are saying this is setting precedent and some are saying no this has happened before. The parents of Ethan Crumbly left him at school that day. When they did that their child was a ward of the school. They had full authority to check his bag due to the dangerous drawings and the knowledge of him having a gun. However, his parents left and the school administration simply took him back to class. No search and no apparent come to Jesus moment.

There were ways to steer this from happening, the parents and the school system both had a role in it. Today they were both given 10-15 years in prison. They didn’t hold the gun, but they had ways they could have stopped this from happening like obviously not getting him a gun in the first place. This kid was not in the right mind to be given such a deadly weapon. Which also leads to the question how could they not have known?

What was going on with this couple that they couldn’t see the loud warning signs their son was giving them? Okay so maybe I have been in a therapists office quite a bit in the past. I also know human nature I read about it in the Bible and not much has changed in that department over the centuries. Sometimes it scares me how right I can be about certain situations from what I can infer at times and from observation. That’s another plug for reading the Bible and specifically Proverbs for those who have read some of my articles on that book.

Understanding this case is easy and yet so devastating to comprehend the effects of what happened and this sentence. Not only do these families have to live without their teenagers, these parents and their family are dis-jointed and were not good together with all of their different issues individually. I can only imagine they must be saying how it got to this point, that is, if they can truly fully understand mentally and emotionally what is going on for each of them.

Parents are supposed to be preparing and protecting their children at these young ages. This is why having a baby is such a big decision to be made as a husband and wife together. Babies are so precious when you do not diligently rear your child with the best you have in you to do so cases like this show up. Love can be so emotional. Love though, is where you feel most at home so is that boyfriend or girlfriend your home no matter where you are… that is a good place to start. Don’t leave God out of your relationship either; without Him you will be on sinking sand. Rock makes a much firmer foundation and God works in mysterious ways throughout your life if you let Him do so.

Let this family be your cautionary tale to know, but to want to stay away from.