I was thinking that today's post would be about something much different, however, life has a way of happening. For those of you who do not live here (and haven't watched national news recently) a miracle happened at the Bay County School Board meeting yesterday afternoon. The award ceremony portion of the school board meeting had just finished; the parents and students were dismissed, and the regular meeting began. A man approached the podium, spray painted the wall, took out a gun, and turned toward the people in the room. He told those gathered that he and others were going to die that day. He cleared the room of everyone but the six male board members and so began several minutes of terror. Ginger Littleton, a female board member who had just left the room, returned and attacked the gunman from behind, to no avail. Miraculously, he did not shoot her. Member Jerry Register and Superintendent Bill Husfelt remained calm, miraculously, and tried valiantly to talk him down. Bill actually pleaded with him to let the others go...and then the shooting began. It was first reported that the gun held some blanks because the gunman hit no one. But that wasn't the case...the gun was aimed point blank at the Superintendent, live rounds were fired and, MIRACULOUSLY, he was not hit. Mike Jones, a security officer, entered the room and exchanged shots with the man and wounded him. The man then turned his gun on himself. Thank God Mike Jones was in the building. Last night he was in the hospital, suffering with chest pains...so our prayers go out to him.
This morning it is all over the news...several heroes have emerged...rightfully so. But listen to Bill Husfelt starting with the first news interviews immediately after the incident. He and the others were protected by God. This morning at a press conference with Deputy Chief Robert Colbert the press asked the question... "How can 14 live shots be fired and none hit any of the board members?"...to which the Deputy Chief smiled slightly and answered "Someone was watching over the school board."
Christmas time...the season of celebrating the ultimate miracle...is also a time to recognize and celebrate the continuing miracles that God performs in our fallen world on a daily basis!
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