Amazing

I picked Cindy up early at school last Friday ,so that she could get ready for prom. After her hair appointment, she had a voice message from a few friends telling her that their was a fire at the school. At first we figured that it was not that big of a deal but soon learnt that many fire departments were called in to help battle the blaze. Luckily nobody was hurt but at first the estimate of damage was over one million dollars. Later in the day a few students from the class where the fire was started told stories of someone spilling paint and the paint thinner bucket igniting when they tried to clean up the spill. These stories didn't make much sense to me as it would be extremely rare for paint thinner to spontaneously combust. Further more, these students went on to say that instead of smothering the fire in the bucket,or grabbing a fire extinguisher, one student picked up the bucket and dumped it in the sink, splashing flaming liquid all over the wall. This story amazed me but I would never have thought that anyone would set the school on fire and make up a story, or would they? It was also odd that after the fire was out and the students and staff were all home the fire department was called back. Hmmmm. Coincidence? Anyway, somewhere between the fire department's first and second trip there the damage went from one million to four million. Now the building is totally unusable and the students are being moved to another school twenty to thirty minutes further away. This is the least of some peoples problems though. Many hard working students lost portfolios containing years of work that they need in four months to enter college. Due to the week off while the school administrators figured out what to do, many students lost much needed hours of instruction needed for their state certifications, etc. Just a big mess but accidents happen, right? Maybe but now the vary thing that I questioned days ago is being questioned by investigators. Amazing, most students at this school are between sixteen and twenty and it looks like one or some had deliberately set this fire. Why? I ask myself. What could make someone decide to do this? It could have been so much worse, lives could have been lost ! Why I ask? I guess that everyone has an opinion, and I will spare you mine on what is wrong with today's society .This simply is not the time or the place ,but maybe we could all say a prayer for everyone involved. For the students who through no fault of their own are frustrated at their loss of hard work or set backs in certifications, for teachers who are wondering how they will finish the year without the equipment that they need to teach their labs. For teachers who may not even be qualified to teach now that the next school is in a different county. For everyone who is feeling the anxiety of this . More importantly, though we need to pray for those who are behind this . The Lord knows I have been angry in my thirty eight years but never angry enough to torch a school. And at such young ages, having that much anger, I can't imagine. Surely these people need prayer. Please pray for them all !