Love will prevail......

 "Love will prevail." Jud Smith, Barrow County Sherriff

Sunday I listened to a sermon about the minimum and the maximum we are called to do.

The minimum is the floor. The very least you can do and still lean into giving God your heart.

The maximum is the ceiling. The very most you can do and still lean into giving God your heart.

This week much of our community is reeling from unspeakable tragedy.

Wednesday we feared for SD's safety.

Yesterday we sat our 11 year old down to explain the tragedy in the best way we could.

This is not a Jeremiah 29:11 moment.

I do not believe this was "God's plan" for anyone in that building.

Can God bring good from evil? Absolutely.

But was the plan for 2 teachers and 2 students not to make it home that day? Was the plan for hundreds of people to be traumatized and terrified?

I caution us to think through Christian platitudes before we say them.

I think when horrible things happen we struggle because we shout on social media about the ceiling.

Reform. Change. Policies.

But because the ceiling seems unreachable, or we don't know where to begin.........we do nothing.

We forget about the floor.

"Thoughts and prayers" are underground.

The floor is certainly above that.

The floor this week for us looks like providing snacks/waters for Apalachee teachers as they gather and grieve.

The floor this week for us looks like financially supporting Barrow Community Foundation that is serving families.

The floor this week looks like putting our money and our actions behind our hearts.

"We are made to strive. We are made to pursue the ideal. But we also need to know what the minimum is. We also need to know: What is the least I can do?" Father Mike

Mama Warriors, as we process this tragedy with our own kids - think "What's my floor?"

Thoughts are prayers are great - and needed.

But they don't feed families. They don't pay for funerals. They don't help teachers/students process tragedy. They don't put a school back together.

They don't prevent future tragedies.

They are underground.

Let's find the floor as a community.

And let's dare to aim for the ceiling.

Together we can be a part of Love prevailing.