the sun shines and the rain falls

the bible says that the sun rises on the good and the evil and rain falls on the just and the unjust. i've always taken that to mean that just as the weather is arbitrary as to who it affects, so are the events of life, good and bad. i guess that's true...

but seriously, what the hell? today we received the news that a student missionary was murdered on the island of yap, and while this doesn't directly affect me, it still makes me very angry. i mean, are you kidding me? how is this ok? a sm!!! if we send out a sm somewhere, we expect them to come back. that seems pretty simple to me. stupid, disturbing #@$#* happens like this around the world every day, and i remain calm and indifferent. innocent children are murdered randomly, young girls are violently raped, and human beings are sold as sex toys as though they aren't people at all. i simply turn my head thinking 'there's no use crying over spilt milk' and 'bad stuff happens, that's the world we live in'.

yes, people die. and most of them have family members and friends that feel ripped off. but man, this just doesn't seem fair. how can this happen? that girl was supposed to come back! she was supposed to go for a year, struggle, overcome, and perhaps even make some kind of impact! she was supposed to come back and share her experience with her friends and family. she was supposed to finish school. this does not seem fair!

but i guess when it comes down to it, that's exactly what it is. the sun shines and the rain falls.