That "troublesome" thought is that God is a worker of miracles. God can make the ill whole. God can bring peace to the disturbed. If that is hopelessly naive, then put me in that camp. Now, if I had a weapon and was able to use it, I'd be all for acting and praying at the same time. Which is what the lady did.
Thanks for expressing what I was trying to. I also would shoot if I needed to but it would make me sad to have to
We all are entitled to our own beliefs. I do not disagree that God is a worker of miracles or that He can make the ill whole...when He chooses. However if you look at events on a scale of 1 to 1,000,000, you could probably say that God chose to intervene in less than .00001 of those cases.
I personally don't care for those odds and would rather promote concepts like self defense for ones self and let God take care of whatever His business may be.
Now, if I had a weapon and was able to use it, I'd be all for acting and praying at the same time. Which is what the lady did.
What the lady did is exactly what I would like to see happen more often..and I believe that God will best help those that help themselves.
As much as I'd like to believe it likely that God intervened into the perp's heart at the last seconds of his life I seriously doubt that it happened as he was trying to fire a jammed weapon.
Now, did God jam the weapon??
Maybe...I'd sure like to think so.