Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Rachel's Tears
I just finished reading this book. I think it's an amazing book.
It's about a girl named Rachel Joy Scott, who was killed along with 1 teacher and 11 other students of Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. The book is written by her divorced parents, talking about the life of their daughter, showing us her life through all her personal journals, notes and writings that they only found after her death. Bah, I'm not doing justice to her by describing the book. The feelings it evokes are just indescribable. I encourage everyone to read it; I will gladly lend it out.
An excerpt, then, from one of her many poems:
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People are crying,
Losing their minds.
People are dying,
Taking their lives.
Will anyone save them?
Will anyone help?
Will somebody listen,
Or am I all by myself?
Please reach out your hand,
Grab hold of their life.
Don't let go,
Without a good fight.
Witness to them,
Show them the way.
Give them God's love,
And give it today.
Please reach out your hand,
Grab hold of their life.
Open their eyes,
To His wonderful light.
Let them know,
Of His undying love.
That this comes only,
From Heaven above.
I sit here and tell you,
To go save a life.
But what am I doing,
To give that good fight?
I judge other souls,
Never checking my own.
Oh my Lord,
I should have known.
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Another one of her writings, which really touched me:
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What if you were to die today?
What would happen to you?
Where would you go?
Tomorrow is not a promise, but a chance;
It may not be there for you.
After death, then what?
Where will you spend your eternity?
Will you have an eternal life with our loving Father,
Or will you be ripped from the arms of your Savior Jesus Christ?
Eternity is in your hands...Change it!
--
Indeed.
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