Let it Rain

Very early last Friday morning the tour bus for Mercy Me was involved in an accident. A car turned left directly into their path. Two teen-aged passengers and the pregnant driver's unborn child died at the scene. The 18 year old driver died a few days later. No one on the bus was seriously injured. (full story) The news is gut-wrenching.

How do you reconcile these events? One of the greatest Christian goups of all times is involved in a horrific situation like this. Lives are taken way too soon, innocence is lost. Families, communities, band members, witnesses, police & rescue squads will be changed forever. My thoughts and prayers go out to all the folks devastated by the accident, but I think especially about the bus driver - clearly not at fault - yet the images and the questions must be almost too much to bear.

And then I read what the members of Mercy Me wrote about the experience: "Every night on stage when we introduce our song, “Bring the Rain”, we talk about God being in control. If we believe what we say, then we must continue to look at how He will get the glory through this, and bring healing to so many."

So this week "Bring The Rain" is my song of the week - in support of continued healing for this tragedy and in handling the difficulties that we all face in our lives. God is much greater than our pain.