Why?

I don't know if you heard about the road rage shooting near Zig Zag, OR last night, but the two men who were shot are my mom's co-worker's friends. Apparently some crazed man tailgated two men and their 9 year old sons while on their way home from a snowboarding trip on Mt. Hood. The man followed extremely close behind the van, even throughout a stretch of a passing lane. Finally, the van pulled over to allow the car to pass, but the car pulled over behind the van. The two men got out of the van, not wanting the tailgater to get close to their sons in the van. The man then pulled out a gun and shot both men, hitting one in the arm and the other three times in the stomach. The men ran back to the van, and the shooter got in his car and took off. His identity and whereabouts are still unknown.

I can't understand this at all. Why, Lord? How much longer can we live here like this? How much worse will it get? I'm afraid even to ask. We're killing each other, thrown into a fit of rage so strong we're willing to attempt to take another's life simply because he's not driving as fast as we'd like him to. It's just insane! Jesus, we need You so badly. I pray not only for the recovery of the men who were shot and for their families and the young boys who had to witness such hatred, but I pray for the shooter, Lord. We may not know who or where he is right now, but You do. And more importantly, You know the state of his soul that he could be driven to such an act. Father, would You bring him to his knees before You and love him the way only You are capable of? I pray that man would cry out for You, broken in spirit that he might be restored unto You and repent of the evil he has allowed into himself.

Jesus, come soon. My heart breaks for this world and what is becoming of it and of us.