No doubt in my mind as I saw the rainbow during the coverage...
Similar to the Biblical admonition following the flood of Noah, perhaps with prayer and faith God will prevent this evil from occurring again on the earth.
Brings to mind this hymn:
O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths its flow
may richer, fuller be.
O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
my heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine's blaze its day
may brighter, fairer be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
and feel the promise is not vain,
that morn shall tearless be.
O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life's glory dead,
and from the ground there blossoms red life that shall endless be.
Words: George Matheson, 1882
Music: St. Margaret Albert L. Peace, 1844-1912
Meter: 88 886