A Simple Prayer For A Smalltown

This is a little different then most of my posts but this is something that I feel like I need to do. Many people know about the day a year ago that rocked this country and many, many lives when Sandy Hook Elementary School suffered an awful tragedy. I won't go into opinions about what happened because that's not what this is about. All I want to do is say a prayer for those who still have holes in their hearts and I hope many of you around the world will say it with me.

Lord, please be with the families and loved ones of those from the Sandy Hook tragedy. Touch those who live in Newtown and find a way to do the impossible, comforting them through this awful time. What happened is an incomprehensible tragedy to us and yet You knew. We don't understand why these things happen and we probably never will this side of heaven.
Even as our hearts cry out, begging for answers You know that what we need is healing. I don't know what that looks like, I don't know how that might come about but You are the God of miracles. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who led His people out of Egypt, parted the Red Sea and gave them the Promise Land. You are the God who sacrificed His only Son, for us, You love us more then we can even begin to imagine and You are the God who is now holding those precious little children close to His heart.
We don't understand, we may never, but we do know that we need you. More then the food we eat, the air we breathe or the very life that runs through our blood we need you. More then anything else, even if we lose everything we will still have you.
I beg you to be with those who are hurting God. Not to make their pain go away or to erase their memories but to give them the peace that transcends all understanding. Please God. Be with them and heal these hurting people, these hurting families, and this hurting country. Restore us to you Lord for we know that in the end, that You are our only salvation.
Amen.