What is our world coming to

because right now I am feeling so lost in what is happening to it. We live in a small town that isn't on the outskirts of a big city but still close enough. We have a strong military presence. We are surrounded by greenery, trees, parks, and mountains that when viewed wash away the gray day feelings. But our small county has been hit really hard in the past few days, even the months before that it seem to have problems too.

Incident #1 - Tuesday night a man calls 911 and turns himself into police for killing an older man.

Incident #2 - Wednesday afternoon an 8 year old girl gets SHOT while in school getting ready to leave. The gun was in the backpack of a 9 year old boy. Yes NINE years old and he has a gun. Apparently he was trying to run away from home and got the gun when visiting his mom this past weekend. He is going to be charged with 3rd degree assault, unlawful possession of a firearm, and bringing a weapon onto school property. (Note this is the THIRD incident this school year that a gun was brought onto school property, 2 other cases happened on different days at different schools by different students).

Incident #3 - Thursday morning a State Trooper was killed when he did a routine traffic stop. They spent the morning searching for the suspect while a family, co-workers, and community mourned the loss of a good man. There was a suspect and he apparently killed himself this morning as police were going to enter his residence.

The scary part is that it didn't start with just these, there has been another murder that is linked to a murder and attempted murder last year; several robberies; attempted robberies; a man shot by police after receiving 911 calls after shots fired; selling of drugs; embezzlement; selling illegal firearms; fires; and the list continues IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY alone. Yes we do have incidents like this happen in our county but NOT in the span of 1 month and that hasn't even added in all the things that happened in January or in 2011.

Nor does this talk about all the things that are happening outside our county, what is happening in other areas, big cities where crime was already a problem. This doesn't still answer the question of what is our world coming to. If anything it makes you reflect and ask this question instead...is this a sign from our Heavenly Father?