Who knows the battles of the heart that rage within a person? We found out yesterday that one of the coaches at the gymnastics school where Meredith and Maggie take lessons was killed the day before. "Coach Jay" was 42 years old, and was by all accounts a great coach and popular with the kids and parents alike. Our children didn't have him as a coach, but knew him since he worked there. I had never met him, but I distinctly remember watching him once listening excitedly as Sander explained to him that once he was four years old, he was going to take gymnastics.
Coach Jay struggled with some serious personal problems. A friend of ours, whose children took lessons from him for years, ministered to him in the midst of his struggles, helping him and speaking to him about the gospel. But he was overcome in the end. He was shot by police officers who went to his house after a call from his father in Florida who was fearful that Jay was suicidal. Apparently, Jay purposely drew their fire in order to be killed.
The whole thing is sad. Yes, God is in control and will bring good out of it. But the only right response to something like this is to do what Jesus did before the tomb of Lazarus, to weep over the evil sin has brought into this world.
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