A few days after arriving on the Texas A&M University campus in 1984, Bruce Goodrich was awakened at two in the morning. His seniors woke him from bed to prank him through the Barisan Cadet program, a military-style orientation program.
Bruce was forced to exercise and run several kilometers in the hot and humid weather. When he finally lost his strength and fell, he was forced to get up to continue running. But he fell again, fell into a coma, and died that same day. The students who forced Bruce to do the exercises have been brought to court on charges of causing his death.
Bruce’s father sent a letter to the university administration, faculty, and student body. Although regretting what happened to Bruce, the father wrote, “I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude from my family for the great care and sympathy that has been given by Texas A&M University and the entire academic community for the death of their child. we’re Bruce. We don’t harbor feelings of hurt. We know God is never wrong. Now Bruce has arrived safely in his eternal home.
When the question arises, ‘Why did this happen? the answer may be, ‘So many people will consider where they are going spend time in eternity.'” His belief in God’s sovereignty can turn anger into compassion, and hatred into concern. “Do not be defeated by evil, but overcome evil with good!”
𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫 