School Shootings Memorial
Music is "God Hath Provided a Lamb" arranged by J.T.Fritts
Jazzy is a music teacher and spends her days (and many evenings, too) in schools.
This is to remember those who died at school.
I Am Jesus' Little Lamb
I am Jesus' little lamb, Ever glad at heart I am;
For my Shepherd gently guides me, Knows my need, and well provides me.
Loves me every day the same, Even calls me by my name.
Day by day, at home, away, Jesus is my Staff and Stay.
When I hunger, Jesus feed me, Into pleasant pastures leads me;
When I thirst, He bids me go Where the quiet waters flow.
Who so happy as I am, Even now the Shepherd's lamb?
And when my short life is ended, By His angel host attended,
He shall fold me to His breast, There within His arms to rest.
Lyrics based on John 21:15, "Weil ich Jesu Schaflein bin" by Henriette L. von Hayn, 1778
Children of the Heavenly Father
Children of the heav'nly Father Safely in His bosom gather;
Nestling bird or star in heaven Such a refuge ne'er was given.
God His own doth tend and nourish, In His holy courts they flourish.
From all evil things He spares them, In His mighty arms He bears them.
Neither life nor death shall ever From the Lord His children sever;
Unto them His grace He showeth, And their sorrows all He knoweth.
Though He giveth or He taketh, God His children ne'er forsaketh;
His the loving purpose solely To preserve them pure and holy.
Lyrics by Caroline V. Sandell Berg, 1832-1903
Tender Shepherd, Thou
Hast Stilled
Tender Shepherd, Thou hast stilled Now Thy little lamb's brief weeping.
Ah, how peaceful and how mild In its narrow bed 'tis sleeping!
And no sigh of anguish sore Heaves that little bosom more.
In this world of pain and care, Lord, Thou wouldst no longer leave it;
To Thy heav'nly meadows fair Lovingly Thou dost receive it.
Clothed is robes of spotless white, Now it dwells with Thee in light.
O Lord Jesus, grant that we There may live where it is living,
There the blissful pastures see That it heav'nly food are giving.
Lost a while our treasured love, Gained forever, safe above.
Lyrics based on Matthew 18:2, "Guter Hirt, du hast gestillt" by Johann W. Meinhold, 1833
Translated to English by Catherine Winkworth, 1858
Excerpt from Focus on the Family Newsletter, May 1998
"THEY ONLY KNOW WHAT YOU TEACH 'EM"
The sounds of gunshots in a small Arkansas town continue to ring like a bell-a bell that tolls for four little girls and a dedicated teacher who put herself in mortal danger to shield a fifth child from a hail of bullets, unleashed, God help us, by a 13-year-old boy and his 11-year-old pal.
But the bell sounds not only for the innocent dead in Jonesboro. It also tolls for a nation that is turning its back on the moral law it once cherished-a law written on every human heart, yet unrecognized by many members of the younger generation who have never heard about it from their elders.
Are we surprised at the spectacle of children killing children? Are we shocked to open our newspapers, turn on our TV's and look into the faces of a couple of Opie and Beaver look-alikes charged with five counts of capital murder? Didn't we see it coming?
We should have known . . . we should have anticipated . . . that children who have watched thousands of murders on prime-time television, followed the deadly exploits of Dr. Kevorkian and been taught that there are no moral absolutes might come to see little harm in gunning down their classmate.
Jonesboro marks a point of crisis, but one that is hardly new or unique. What happened in this small town in Arkansas symbolizes America in moral free fall, Amereica on a rapidly descending spiral, America without God-an America that has forgotten what her founding fathers meant when they warned that only a virtuous people could remain free. If that statement is accurate, and history has consistenly validated it, then we are living in the twilight of our liberty.
As always when a culture begins to unravel, it is the youngest members who are most wounded and disturbed. . . . John Hazlewood, whose 14-year-old son Brandon attends the Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas, said it best: "This is not the kids' problem, it's the way we're raising them today. They only know what you teach 'em."
Commentary by:
James C. Dobson, PH.D., President, Focus on the Family and Gary L. Bauer, President, Family Research Council
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