Posted on 09/21/2025 5:11:32 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk who was assassinated earlier this month, told a crowd of thousands during a packed memorial in Glendale, Arizona, for her late husband that she has forgiven his shooter.
I forgive him," Kirk said through tears, adding after cheers rang out from the crowd, "I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it is what Charlie would do."
While talking about her late husband, she said part of his mission was to "save young men just like the one who took his life."
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Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors;
and do not subject us to the final test,
but deliver us from the evil one.
If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions."
(Matthew 6:9-15)
She’s following the example of Jesus Christ. This isn’t about scoring political points.
Yes, some of us will have to work on that a while. I am one. She is full of grace. Mine needs digging up.
“ They are not like us - and never will be . . .”
So true. Like foreign invaders.
“ They are not like us - and never will be . . .”
So true. Like foreign invaders.
“ They are not like us - and never will be . . .”
So true. Like foreign invaders.
What a nasty, stupid comment. You just don’t get it.
You know this is going to make the liberal cult hated her even more than they did already.
He hasn’t even been convicted yet, so they are jumping the gun. And she’s a private citizen. She has nothing to do with the legal system facing that young man.
Chops to her.
Forgiveness means we give up our right to revenge, and give it to God, who owns it anyway. “Vengeance is mine, I will repay ...”
Without Jesus, the accused is a sinner in the hands of an ANGRY God, as Jonathan Edwards pointed out. We should be terrified of ending up like that, and eternally grateful to Jesus.
As someone said, not forgiving is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
Erika knows something many people do not know. Forgiving is not a matter of “feeling” but in “doing.” She doesn’t “feel” forgiveness for the perp, but knows that God wants to forgive. Therefore she “chooses” to forgive.
From God’s perspective, forgiving others is SO important that He says that if we don’t forgive others, He will not forgive us. Something to think about. (See Matthew 6:15)
For more on this extremely important topic, please read Matthew 18, verses 21-35. It is extremely enlightening.
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This would be rough for me to do. The left has cratered most of my compassion over the years. But Erika has a long life ahead of her, along with two young kids. Grinding on hate for the killer will do her and the children no good. She has chosen to take the beacon that was Charlie and make it even more important now. That requires a strong person.
“Forgiveness is not for the person who has done you wrong… it’s for your own heart and it’s very difficult.”
Thanks for pointing that out. Forgiving another person is 100% effective, even if that person doesn’t know the forgiveness exists. It’s to cleanse the forgiver’s heart and soul.
Her forgiveness is another early chapter of what will be a great story
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i agree with you- but more power to Mrs Kirk- i wish i had a fraction of her courage...
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