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Erika Kirk is a far better human than most of us will ever be.
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Passionate.
Heart rending.
A talk full of truth and reaching out with love.
My personal struggle that led me closer to God was finding it within myself to forgive someone that hurt badly another someone that I deeply cared about. I can only imagine her struggle. If you are a true Christian, forgiveness of others is the only path open to you. That road can be hard, so hard to follow.
For those who wish to know the response of the left, here it is. I do not advise clicking on it unless you are in space where you don’t mind breaking things and saying angry words. Their ignorance is relentless, like darkness covering the land.
Erika (and many other religious people) may forgive the shooter (may his name never befoul my lips), but he still needs to be punished for his crime(s) in accordance with both US (earthly) and God’s laws.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean releasing a dangerous and violent criminal back into the world. At least not until they learn why they can’t behave the way they did for sure. When Pope John Paul faced his wannabe assassin on live TV he determined that the man was safe for release and asked the Italian PM to release him, who did so. This was 19 years of a life sentence. While that was a lot of time it was still an act of extreme mercy and faith.
Keep in mind he forgave him the same day he was shot, as soon as he regained consciousness he began praying for him.
Romans 12:19.
Punishment for a crime, and keeping the hurtful away from society is not vengeance
Thank You for sharing Hondo…and Welcome Back. You were deeply missed.
We watched the entire Charlie Kirk Memorial yesterday (about 5 hours…it was worth it).
The Holy Spirit was definitely in the State
Farm Stadium….so many who gave eulogies to Charlie were not afraid to express their Faith in Jesus. It was a breath of fresh air.
Erika is following the teachings of Jesus and the Apostle Paul:
* Matthew 6:14-15: “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.”
* Matthew 18:21-22: “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?” “No, not seven times,” Jesus says, “but seventy times seven!”
* Luke 23:34: “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”
* Matthew 6:9-15 (Part of the Lord’s Prayer): “Forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us.”
* Luke 6:37: “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.”
* Romans 12:18-19: “Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone. Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God.”
Matthew 18:23–35 recounts Jesus’s “Parable of the Unforgiving Servant,” where a king forgives an impossible debt of a servant, but that servant later refuses to forgive a much smaller debt owed to him by a fellow servant. The king, outraged by the lack of mercy, hands the unmerciful servant over for punishment. Jesus concludes by stating that his heavenly Father will treat those who do not forgive their brothers from their hearts in a similar way, emphasizing that God’s forgiveness must be extended to others.
I recall a PSA/Ad from childhood….
The Tough Hombre judge declares of the Condemned man
“String him up, it will teach him a lesson. ”
Later that night, he dreams of Judgement Day, and standing condemned before the Lord…. and hears the Lord say
“Forgive him. It will teach him a lesson.”
He then awakes in bed.
OK, I really don’t want sully Mrs. Kirk’s good name…. But your comments have me thinking about the past…… and the behavior of current similar groups of individuals, and the rage that may be building based on their existence….
My dad taught me this kind of forgiveness, and I have practiced it my whole life.
As a Christian, forgiveness is the only way forward.
It does not preclude punishment for the crime through the proper channels.
It seems like a contradiction, yet it is not.
Mrs. GB and I watched Mrs. Kirk’s talk yesterday evening. As well as President Trump’s and part of Marco Rubio’s talk. There is no doubt that Mrs. Kirk is seeking to live out her faith to the fullest.
May God water the seeds that are being planted to His Glory.
Forgiveness is harder for me, despite my Christian faith. I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t “walked around the block” as many times as others or what have you. I just can’t forgive yet.
I do know one thing: blind rage and violence is not the answer. Vengeance isn’t apart of who we are. Accountability and justice is. Many of us should try and emulate what Mr. Kirk tried to do. For my part, I will try. Though, I will be armed.
Forgiveness does not mean you have to be submissive. Accountability, justice, and forgiveness are the trifecta. I’m working on forgiveness, the American legal system needs to work on the accountability and justice part.
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. Holding on to resentment, anger and other negative emotions only hinders you and doesn’t allow you to grow and be a better person. Negative emotions block our access to God through unresolved guilt and disobedience to what God wants, which is for us to love each other. Resentment will just eat you up, it is poison really.
The first thing you have to understand is that it isn’t really a choice, God commands it. Many have pointed that out in scripture above. To be implacable and unforgiving is a sin since it is against Jesus’s direct instructions. Negative emotions can feel good in a way however; the reason we sin is mostly because we are doing what we want and getting our own way.
The second thing you have to understand is that holding on to that only hurts you and those around you. Whoever it is that you are angry with isn’t bothered at all. Probably hasn’t even given you a second thought.
The last thing, and this was the toughest for me to grasp, is that whoever it is that you are having trouble with doesn’t deserve forgiveness.
The truth is that none of us do.
But that is what God does, he forgives us anyway. He wants us to emulate his example to remove hate from his creation. To make the world a kinder, better and less selfish place. We are imperfect people but we have been given example in the Bible of a better way.
I have so much respect for Erika Kirk and commend her for forgiving the turd-weasel. Growing up, my parents taught me to never use the word hate when referring to a person and to always forgive those who do us wrong. I grew up in a strict Catholic family during the 60’s and 70’s where my parents practiced those values, and I did as well as best I could then and now, but I will admit that I could never forgive that bastard if I were in her shoes.