Oak Hill Tragedy

My father and mother developed a brushy 60 acre plot of land in the 1980s into a park called Oak Hill Mobile Home Park. A few years ago they sold half of the development to investors who continued to operate the western section as Oak Hill.

I lived in the area and my wife, Dawn, was the office manager for my folk's business when they still owned the whole park. We are familiar with the streets and the homes that occupy them.

So it was a real surprise, a gruesome surprise, to hear on the news that a woman took her life and that of 3 of her children in the Oak Hill Park. Though I live about 60 miles away now, it still kind of hit close to home.

All around us are struggling families, single moms, and kids caught in the crossfire of life. We must tell them about Jesus and the reality of His love -- the hope we have in knowing him. Life is more than the immediate problems we struggle with. If we can only get people to see past their circumstances long enough to see and receive the Lord Jesus Christ.