Good News: 13 Tears

From my friend Vic Dove

By Vic Dove

“For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto Salvation to everyone that beliveth.” Romans 1:16

The morning of April 20th 1999 was pretty much like any other in Littleton, Colorado. This was just another day it seemed for Rachel Scott as she got out of bed, did her devotional, took a shower and began thinking about what in the world she would wear to school. However, this day would prove to be a day filled with pain and suffering for not only Rachel and the town of Littleton, Colorado, but for the nation and for the whole world.

Two guys, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, decided that on the 110th anniversary of Adolph Hitler’s birthday, April 20th, 1999, they would walk into Rachel’s high school with automatic weapons at around 11:30 am and begin shooting everything that moved. After killing 12 students, one of which was Rachel Scott, and one teacher; the two boys Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold turned their guns on themselves and this terrible event in history came to an end.

Rachel Scott’s life ended that day, but her legacy will live forever. You see Rachel was a saved devout Christian. With a gun pointed at her head she was asked by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did she still believe in God, she said and I quote “I am not going to apologize for speaking the name of Jesus, if I have to sacrifice everything I will.” The boys said so be it, and shot her in the head.

Rachel Scott was not only a martyr for the gospel; she was a prophetess of sort. You see, in her journal she had many entries concerning her spiritual life, and she had numerous sketches of different images.

Her final sketch inspired a book, written by her parents, called "Rachel's Tears". That drawing was a picture of her eyes shedding 13 tears that touch a rose and turn to blood drops. The rose is growing out of a Columbine plant and is connected to a verse from the Bible that says, "Greater love has no man than this, that a man would lay his life down for his friends". Within 2 hours of Rachel drawing that picture 13 people had been killed at Columbine: A teacher and 12 students. That week was Easter, or Passover Week, and just 2,000 years earlier another teacher and 12 students had impacted the world." (Jesus and the 12 Apostles)

Rachel may have been the first student shot that day, but her devout love for God and His Son Jesus Christ helps us all remember that she was not ashamed of the Gospel. Ten years have pasted since this tragic event. Rachel’s life, though brief, will be etched in our hearts forever.

May God Bless You and Your family
Bro. Vic