9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations, Deuteronomy 7:9
Yesterday was a day that I will not forget. I was at work around 11:45am and saw a Truth Social post notification come saying that Charlie Kirk had been shot in Utah. My heart sank and a big part of me hoped that it was mis-information or something. I did some quick searching to see if I could find more information and it was then that I happened on the footage of a video taken about 40 feet away from directly in front of him when he was hit…I wish I had not seen that video. It was very obvious, if the video was real, that Charlie had probably passed away in less than a minute. My heart was pounding with sadness, anger, and grief for his wife Ericka and his two littles (3yrs and 1yr).
I got up from my desk and took a 2-mile walk, praying and petitioning the Lord to give Charlie’s wife and children peace. I don’t do social media. I have a few moderately trusted resources that I use to catch up on the day’s news stories, but Charlie’s impact is something that has caught my eye over the last year. Hearing about his boldness and courage in talking about his faith and worldview in the most hostile of environments. Charlie Kirk treated everyone he came in contact, with respect, dignity, and curiosity to hear their point of view and give them his platform to voice it. I of course never met him, but many have said that he was such a humble and caring person behind the scenes as well.
What that moment did yesterday was drive me closer to ‘my’ God. The faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep His commandments. I know the Babylon Bee is a satirical site, but I think what they said about Charlie today was put best -> “The fallen world was unworthy of the presence of Charlie Kirk” so the Lord took him home. If that is how Charlie needed to be taken, then I am glad that he did not suffer. His entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven was quick. The world lost an amazing person yesterday in a landscape changing way.