Thank you, Joe, for your thoughtfulness and wisdom. We are all filled with profound sadness, our hearts heavy. How we respond to this unspeakable tragedy, defines our movement, one of truth and peace and love, and reverence. Thank you for being an exemplar.
Your words and story are lovely, Joe. I follow you on X too, but I'm sorry to say I don't read your Substack often enough.
It's so hard for us little humans isn't it. We blame ourselves when things go "wrong" because somehow it means that we might have had control over it all. "If only I had been there," and "if only I had seen it in time." It's hard for us to admit that we don't have control over events at all, really. We only have control over ourselves... how we see, how we learn, how we know, how we love.
I've had many people die in the last ten years: my brother, my father, my stepfather, my uncle, my aunt, and the last was my husband last year, which was the most shocking of all because he died suddenly, unexpectedly at home from a brain aneurysm. Right in my arms, in the living room. One minute here, next gone. It changed me profoundly.
I believe that death is a gateway too. I believe it's a portal to go back "home", to God. In the year before my husband died, simply out of curiosity I had been watching numerous Near Death Experience videos on YT, and later read a book called Journey of Souls, which is an account of what many people have experienced after dying and being brought back. My husband was reading that book when he died.
I think there have been many people who have shared near death experiences and I like the stories from children, who are less likely to understand what they are even describing experiencing.
Death is just the gateway.
We only control ourselves and can’t even control what happens to us. We can only react to what happens to us.
I feel for your losses my friend.
My wife lost her mom when she was 21 from an aneurysm.
It completely changed her life and has affected her in many ways.
Yes and how we react is what determines our character, and our future path.
I'm sure your wife understands very well that the experience of sudden, immediate death is quite different from the long slow goodbye of an aging loved one. It certainly makes life seem surreal for a long time afterwards.
"We blame ourselves when things go "wrong" because somehow it means that we might have had control over it all. "If only I had been there," and "if only I had seen it in time." It's hard for us to admit that we don't have control over events at all, really. "
Knocked it out of the ball park with that one Sarah!!
My sincerest, heartfelt condolences for the losses you have experienced.
There are never any words except GOD.
LOVE, however, transcends through time and space, above and beyond all barriers, and of which I send to you, from heart and my eyes, on wings of Angels, breaking all sound barriers and the speed of Light.
What a beautifully kind message, thank you so much. You are so right, Love makes up the very fabric of existence, whether physical or ethereal. Our challenge is to see and know it, even as we live in such an apparently painful world. When we do, we realize we cannot have our Life here on earth without Death. They are both part of the whole, just as even the recognition and experience of Evil allows us to fully understand the nature of Love, of God, who then asks us to trust that love, trust ourselves, our perceptions, to quell our fear and to use truth as a sword.
There is an apt comparison to the relationship of anons to Q here, too. :)
Dear Sarah, my deepest sympathy. Only those who have lost a spouse know the particular pain of that. Mine was many years ago, but I loved him so intensely and he died in a mysterious drowning. My shock was the one where the person doesn’t come home from work because there really was an accident and everything is not fine. I have been praying for Erika Kirk today and I will pray for you too, for the comfort only Jesus can give. He gave me joy in the midst of my terrible sorrow, and that was before I even truly knew Him. But He knew He was going to save me a few years later.
Oops I see you commented here too! Bless you Margot, I can see you know very well that surreal feeling, being in shock for months... feeling like someone dropped you into someone else's life. Now I would even say "years" because even after 18 months, as it is lessening, I can see that I will forever be living an utterly changed life. Thank you so much for your prayers, and I send prayers for you in return. My own connection to God, to all Love, has radically deepened because of these experiences. It's funny sometimes, just when you think you've been through "a lot", somehow the universe sends something even bigger... and our hearts somehow expand. ❤️🎶
Thank you for sharing. At this time, when so many of us are broken about Charlie, and forgot about 9-11, your words are perfect. What a blessing Charlie was. He was almost like Jesus, going from town to town and sharing great things. He will be missed, but what a blessing we got to experience.
Thank you Joe for reaching out to us when we need it.
Here is how I tried to express my thoughts earlier today - hope you don't mind.
Charlie Kirk is a martyr (the word means "witness"). And he is an overcomer! "And they overcame because of the blood of the lamb and because of the word of their witness, and they did not love their life even when faced with the first death." Rev.12:11 Even his last name - which comes from the Greek word that means "of the Lord" or "the Lord's" - speaks of his faith! Jesus promised that he would sit with Him on the seat of authority in heaven - just as He Himself is seated! Rev.3:21.
Our prayers and mourning are for his family - those whose lives have been torn by this loss. And for the generation that he so passionately loved - loved enough to give his life for them. And it is for our nation - which so desperately needs the fervent prayers of faith (which come directly from the inspired and whispered words of God).
It is time to wait on the Lord, to receive from Him the intercessions that are needed and then to declare His words aloud so that all the realms of creation hear them!
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing your personal stories to help. I have read those two bible stories many times and like you they just hit me in a different way. Through our tears , God is still triumphant over evil and this life in this broken world is playing out until we see Him. Charlie’s wife will know this thru her pain. His children will learn of his heroism. But it does hurt, a lot.
I remember at my grandmothers funeral my uncle got up to speak and joyfully shouted that my grandfather, her husband who had died 30 years prior, was waiting with excitement at the gates for her. My uncle’s quite a character and I never forgot his excitement. Thank you for reminding us of that. This life is so precious and so short. 💔💔💔
Very well said! I have been going through a rough time this year…my only child, my son passed a few months ago. I was just getting my joy back in my life when I read about Charlie. Again, the oxygen was removed from my lungs all over again. I mourn my son and Charlie, and am very blessed to be able to call upon my Father in heaven who will again bring me through another tragedy. GOD IS IN CONTROL. Don’t try to steer the boat. Love you, Joe, and thank you for your uplifting story! 🙏❤️
Carol, I cannot imagine the pain of losing a child, it is so huge, too incomprehensible. You are a strong soul to weather such a test. Sending you as much love and comfort as I can muster.
Please be patient with this as it is gonna be a long one.
1. There is a difference between shame and guilt.
You experience shame when your actions or non-actions cause someone pain, be it physical, mental, or emotional.
Shame is in the knowing of this. Like when you call your dad a Jackass in anger and hurt his feelings. You see his face, see the hurt, feel ashamed that you are the one who caused it, and say sorry with a hug. Dad forgives you, your shame lessens, he calls you a jackass back in a teasing manner, you both laugh and you promise yourself you will never do that again because it hurt you both too much. Life goes on.
Guilt, is when the enemy sneaks in and reminds you, constantly, over and over again, hammering at your memory of 'remember that time when you...' because he wants you to see yourself on a continual basis of not being worthy of forgiveness, ever, about anything.
God, like dad, accepts our pleas for forgiveness, if meant from the heart, and literally takes the thing that called for the plea and throws it over His shoulder into the sea of forever forgotten about.
The enemy, however, does not. He uses it, like a jackhammer.
When God forgives, He forgives completely.
To allow guilt to override this fact, is allow the enemy in.
Also, when your friend mentioned pride, he was very correct, in more ways than one.
How prideful are we to not only think we are the cause of things that are out of our control, but also the fixer of those very same things as well?
I'll leave that, at that.
2. Joe, you are NOT going to believe this (rhetorically speaking). Great minds my Fren!
This morning, in another substack article, as I was reaching out in my small way to comfort (and expose a few truths), I wrote this:
(This is where it may get lengthy)
QUOTE:
The father of ALL lies is a master of deception, of illusion, of DISTRACTION.
His minions dance merrily throughout humanity following his lead and orders.
Those who sold their souls to him, do the bidding of their god and his minions.
The mindless followers of the soulless are fast to follow their idols.
And the entire focused quest is fully fixated on killing the Truth.
Those who Love and follow God Almighty are INTENT, heart, soul and mind, on spreading THE Truth, HIS Truth and ALL Truths.
And this is the exact stage we are entering into at warp speed right now.
Where the Naked Truth arises from the well, in all its gloriousness, brilliance and ugliness, to point directly to the finely dressed lies that have tranced The People for decades while cloaking them with the tools of their master.
It is with a heavy heart I write this, however, it MUST be said.
The WORLD is watching the truth come out about the co vide 19 era of Crimes Against Humanity, all vaccines, 9/11, the Russia Hoax, Afghanistan, Benghazi, Obamas, Clintons, Bidens, Bushes, other world leaders and ilk, Operation Gladio, Treason, Sedition and Conspiracy to commit both, Racketeering, forever wars, banking cartels, the baphomet induced alphabet soup mix and gender bullshit, Lawfare, corruption at the highest levels of governments, judicial, medical, law enforcement, education, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, satanic ritual abuse, and everything else we've been lied to our whole lives about, including history.
KNOWINGLY
INTENTIONALLY
BY DESIGN
[They], in full on PANIC, resentment and hatred, did what [they] do best to try and circumvent the TRUTHS from reaching the People.
[They] killed an innocent husband, father, Patriot truth teller who was reaching the Youth, our Future, and opening their wonderful minds to critical thinking skills and the desire to ask meaningful questions.
[They] thought killing the messenger would kill the message.
[They] fully planned this distraction to divert attention away from what the entire Trump administration is revealing to the world, one day, one hour, at a time.
It's worked so well for [them] in the past, and it IS [their] playbook.
And [they've] murdered a plethora of truth tellers for hundreds of decades to keep [their] secrets hidden.
What [they've] failed to realize, or ignored, is the FACT that the Truth is more powerful than any two-edged sword.
[They] might have killed the messenger, but the message was AMPLIFIED.
[They] thought to distract the People, but The People are more laser focused than ever.
[They] thought [their] illusion of "saving democracy" would be enough to sway the sea grass, but the sea grass now has eyes to see and ears to hear.
[They] thought to kill a man would end his voice, instead, that voice has found itself into in a million of other voices, LOUD voices.
And [they] made that man, Charlie Kirk, a LEGEND.
A True Martyr of Truth, Freedom and Justice.
A Precious Soul who was changing the world, one student at a time, using open, honest, Free Speech debate.
NEVER forget, this is WAR.
And with war, comes death and destruction.
I'm sorry to be so blunt, however, to sugarcoat this fact, would be a lie, a distraction.
This war, is a war like no other before it on earth
It WAS silent.
To the point of no one even knowing it was going on in full force.
That Cone of Silence, is now broken.
A single bullet has unleashed an Explosion of Bullhorns of Truth from a Million or more Voices into the Public Square, and there ain't no turning back now.
And Charlie Kirk, a 31 year old father, husband, son, brother, friend, lover of Christ, a man of God, beloved by millions - led the charge of one of the biggest BOOMS in the awakening of humanity.
For those grieving his loss, of which I am indeed one of, I offer you this.
When Jesus was murdered on the cross, His last word was Tetelestai, meaning, "It is Finished."
Financially - the debt of your sin has been fully paid
Judicially - the sentence of your sin has been fully served
Militarily - the War against evil and death (the price of sin) has been fully won.
The "Author and Finisher of your Faith," the "I Am Who I Am," the Truth, the Light, and the Way didn't just beat the first death, of which He compares to a deep slumber throughout Scripture; He beat eternal death, the price of sin.
And NOTHING is over until HE declares it so, including life and death.
Remember Lazarus.
THE KING IS COMING BACK
EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM
EVERY KNEE WILL BOW TO HIM
AND WE, HIS BELOVED CHILDREN, THOSE NOT OF THE WORLD BUT ARE IN THE WORLD, WILL REJOICE WITH HIM FOREVER MORE.
Until then, we will remember, and cherish, all those who gave their all to bring the Truth to Light.
And let our "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT" be with strategic, impactful, wise words of Truth.
May the LOVE and PEACE that far surpasses all understanding wrap around each and every one of you, warmly, snugly, and protectively.
END QUOTE
Jesus just gave me a God Tap through you and your article.
Just wanted to let you know, from my heart to yours, from my eyes to yours.
Thank you for sharing those experiences, Joe. A profound piece of writing. The manner of which his life was taken is just despicable. My hope & prayer is that many continue his work (many seeds planted in our youth); and proceed in love & not violence.
Thanks for sharing your personal stories, Joe. We all have regrets we need to let go and move forward. Right, hardest person to forgive is yourself, one of the few sermon themes I remember as an teenager! God forgives, accept the gift and live your life loving others and forgiving. Charlie would want that of us all. So, too, those who lost their lives in the horror of 9/11.
Joe, another great post one that many need in these trying times. Having been a first responder for 20 years, I'm very familiar with death. God showed me personally that no one gets to God until it's their time. People I thought wouldn't make it to the hospital were healed, while a minor accident took someone's life and the accident wasn't that bad.. God needed Charlie by him he's preparing for war... Peace...
Thank you. I know she is... although I have no idea how she does it. I think it just takes a certain kind of person to do that kind of job... I know I'm not one of them myself!
Yes it does take a special kind of person, you have to maintain control of your emotions and not allow yourself to get emotionally involved in the incident. Many have trouble controlling their emotions. When you become emotionally involved you will make mistakes, those mistakes can cost people their lives. You also have to have good shielding to reflect some of those emotions... Peace...
Yes, and I am very familiar with the dark humor they employ to help them through it, which I understand. She's also a firefighter and NG, and her husband is a cop, so they live in that world, and I hear the stories. The hardest ones are about children usually.
I'm not particularly emotional myself, however I require copious alone time and I'm on an artist's schedule - sleeping in. No way could I live at their pace!
Most fire departments you work 10 days a month, but those are 24 hour days. It's a different pace and lifestyle. When a major incident breaks out you have to be ready to respond to help relieve the crews or help put all the equipment back in service and ready for the next call. I feel you on the alone time, something I cherish.. My wife said I lost 10 years in age when I retired I finally was able to sleep through the night without one ear open for my tones... Peace,,,
Reading this, I (and probably all) sensed the heaviness of your broken heart and the weight of the yoke of guilt you carried alone. Praise Jesus for your healing! Praise the LORD for your teaching gift, for it has blessed many and encouraged us to look for the truth and to face it and to let it free us from a false "reality" that others have used to manipulate us. Thank you for your powerful pieces and for sharing your heart.
Thank you for this encouragement Joe. You have certainly been in the trenches, and helps us see how God has used these in your life and why you are so gifted! Thank God for Charlie 🙏 It hurts because we feel the loss of his family and ourselves. We also feel the burden of Spiritual warfare over our nations, and we have suffered a big blow. We need to hold on to Jesus and trust in Him, I believe Charlie’s legacy will be amplified now.
“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.” John 12:24.
Thank you, Joe, for your thoughtfulness and wisdom. We are all filled with profound sadness, our hearts heavy. How we respond to this unspeakable tragedy, defines our movement, one of truth and peace and love, and reverence. Thank you for being an exemplar.
It’s been a rough couple of days.
In my tough days, I tend to draw closer to God in order to gain understanding and direction.
Blessings Bianca!
God bless you for sharing your hard truth❣️🙏🏼
Thank you friend.
Your words and story are lovely, Joe. I follow you on X too, but I'm sorry to say I don't read your Substack often enough.
It's so hard for us little humans isn't it. We blame ourselves when things go "wrong" because somehow it means that we might have had control over it all. "If only I had been there," and "if only I had seen it in time." It's hard for us to admit that we don't have control over events at all, really. We only have control over ourselves... how we see, how we learn, how we know, how we love.
I've had many people die in the last ten years: my brother, my father, my stepfather, my uncle, my aunt, and the last was my husband last year, which was the most shocking of all because he died suddenly, unexpectedly at home from a brain aneurysm. Right in my arms, in the living room. One minute here, next gone. It changed me profoundly.
I believe that death is a gateway too. I believe it's a portal to go back "home", to God. In the year before my husband died, simply out of curiosity I had been watching numerous Near Death Experience videos on YT, and later read a book called Journey of Souls, which is an account of what many people have experienced after dying and being brought back. My husband was reading that book when he died.
God bless you.
I think there have been many people who have shared near death experiences and I like the stories from children, who are less likely to understand what they are even describing experiencing.
Death is just the gateway.
We only control ourselves and can’t even control what happens to us. We can only react to what happens to us.
I feel for your losses my friend.
My wife lost her mom when she was 21 from an aneurysm.
It completely changed her life and has affected her in many ways.
It’s a tough thing.
Blessings and prayers my friend!
Yes and how we react is what determines our character, and our future path.
I'm sure your wife understands very well that the experience of sudden, immediate death is quite different from the long slow goodbye of an aging loved one. It certainly makes life seem surreal for a long time afterwards.
Blessings to her, and to you.
Thank you very much Sarah. I appreciate you!
Amen to that
Hi Margot. ❤️🎶 I haven't been on substack for awhile, but I've interacted with you many times.
"We blame ourselves when things go "wrong" because somehow it means that we might have had control over it all. "If only I had been there," and "if only I had seen it in time." It's hard for us to admit that we don't have control over events at all, really. "
Knocked it out of the ball park with that one Sarah!!
My sincerest, heartfelt condolences for the losses you have experienced.
There are never any words except GOD.
LOVE, however, transcends through time and space, above and beyond all barriers, and of which I send to you, from heart and my eyes, on wings of Angels, breaking all sound barriers and the speed of Light.
He WILL wipe away all tears.
*Tips hat
MUCH Love
What a beautifully kind message, thank you so much. You are so right, Love makes up the very fabric of existence, whether physical or ethereal. Our challenge is to see and know it, even as we live in such an apparently painful world. When we do, we realize we cannot have our Life here on earth without Death. They are both part of the whole, just as even the recognition and experience of Evil allows us to fully understand the nature of Love, of God, who then asks us to trust that love, trust ourselves, our perceptions, to quell our fear and to use truth as a sword.
There is an apt comparison to the relationship of anons to Q here, too. :)
Much love back to you.
Dear Sarah, my deepest sympathy. Only those who have lost a spouse know the particular pain of that. Mine was many years ago, but I loved him so intensely and he died in a mysterious drowning. My shock was the one where the person doesn’t come home from work because there really was an accident and everything is not fine. I have been praying for Erika Kirk today and I will pray for you too, for the comfort only Jesus can give. He gave me joy in the midst of my terrible sorrow, and that was before I even truly knew Him. But He knew He was going to save me a few years later.
Oops I see you commented here too! Bless you Margot, I can see you know very well that surreal feeling, being in shock for months... feeling like someone dropped you into someone else's life. Now I would even say "years" because even after 18 months, as it is lessening, I can see that I will forever be living an utterly changed life. Thank you so much for your prayers, and I send prayers for you in return. My own connection to God, to all Love, has radically deepened because of these experiences. It's funny sometimes, just when you think you've been through "a lot", somehow the universe sends something even bigger... and our hearts somehow expand. ❤️🎶
Thank you for sharing. At this time, when so many of us are broken about Charlie, and forgot about 9-11, your words are perfect. What a blessing Charlie was. He was almost like Jesus, going from town to town and sharing great things. He will be missed, but what a blessing we got to experience.
Thank you Joe for reaching out to us when we need it.
He had a brilliant mind. Watching him answer questions and openly debate topics, was always entertaining and educational.
He was very unique in that ability.
I think that’s why the enemy hated him so much.
Thanks for sharing!
Here is how I tried to express my thoughts earlier today - hope you don't mind.
Charlie Kirk is a martyr (the word means "witness"). And he is an overcomer! "And they overcame because of the blood of the lamb and because of the word of their witness, and they did not love their life even when faced with the first death." Rev.12:11 Even his last name - which comes from the Greek word that means "of the Lord" or "the Lord's" - speaks of his faith! Jesus promised that he would sit with Him on the seat of authority in heaven - just as He Himself is seated! Rev.3:21.
Our prayers and mourning are for his family - those whose lives have been torn by this loss. And for the generation that he so passionately loved - loved enough to give his life for them. And it is for our nation - which so desperately needs the fervent prayers of faith (which come directly from the inspired and whispered words of God).
It is time to wait on the Lord, to receive from Him the intercessions that are needed and then to declare His words aloud so that all the realms of creation hear them!
That was excellent my friend!
Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing your personal stories to help. I have read those two bible stories many times and like you they just hit me in a different way. Through our tears , God is still triumphant over evil and this life in this broken world is playing out until we see Him. Charlie’s wife will know this thru her pain. His children will learn of his heroism. But it does hurt, a lot.
I remember at my grandmothers funeral my uncle got up to speak and joyfully shouted that my grandfather, her husband who had died 30 years prior, was waiting with excitement at the gates for her. My uncle’s quite a character and I never forgot his excitement. Thank you for reminding us of that. This life is so precious and so short. 💔💔💔
Our life is truly a gift and I pray more people will see the value in that, maybe then, we will have far less senseless murders.
Great encouragement! I know I needed this! Blessings, Joe! Thank you for sharing your testimony!!
Blessings back to you Lee!
Very well said! I have been going through a rough time this year…my only child, my son passed a few months ago. I was just getting my joy back in my life when I read about Charlie. Again, the oxygen was removed from my lungs all over again. I mourn my son and Charlie, and am very blessed to be able to call upon my Father in heaven who will again bring me through another tragedy. GOD IS IN CONTROL. Don’t try to steer the boat. Love you, Joe, and thank you for your uplifting story! 🙏❤️
My prayers for you Carol.
You have been through a lot.
I love your attitude and wisdom.
God is in control and we shouldn’t try to steer the boat. That was perfect!
Carol, I cannot imagine the pain of losing a child, it is so huge, too incomprehensible. You are a strong soul to weather such a test. Sending you as much love and comfort as I can muster.
Blessings to you, Sarah! I praise GOD who is my strong tower and lifts me up and carries me through hard times.
✨💫❤️🎶
I am so sorry
Two things dearest Fren who I have yet to meet.
One day.
Please be patient with this as it is gonna be a long one.
1. There is a difference between shame and guilt.
You experience shame when your actions or non-actions cause someone pain, be it physical, mental, or emotional.
Shame is in the knowing of this. Like when you call your dad a Jackass in anger and hurt his feelings. You see his face, see the hurt, feel ashamed that you are the one who caused it, and say sorry with a hug. Dad forgives you, your shame lessens, he calls you a jackass back in a teasing manner, you both laugh and you promise yourself you will never do that again because it hurt you both too much. Life goes on.
Guilt, is when the enemy sneaks in and reminds you, constantly, over and over again, hammering at your memory of 'remember that time when you...' because he wants you to see yourself on a continual basis of not being worthy of forgiveness, ever, about anything.
God, like dad, accepts our pleas for forgiveness, if meant from the heart, and literally takes the thing that called for the plea and throws it over His shoulder into the sea of forever forgotten about.
The enemy, however, does not. He uses it, like a jackhammer.
When God forgives, He forgives completely.
To allow guilt to override this fact, is allow the enemy in.
Also, when your friend mentioned pride, he was very correct, in more ways than one.
How prideful are we to not only think we are the cause of things that are out of our control, but also the fixer of those very same things as well?
I'll leave that, at that.
2. Joe, you are NOT going to believe this (rhetorically speaking). Great minds my Fren!
This morning, in another substack article, as I was reaching out in my small way to comfort (and expose a few truths), I wrote this:
(This is where it may get lengthy)
QUOTE:
The father of ALL lies is a master of deception, of illusion, of DISTRACTION.
His minions dance merrily throughout humanity following his lead and orders.
Those who sold their souls to him, do the bidding of their god and his minions.
The mindless followers of the soulless are fast to follow their idols.
And the entire focused quest is fully fixated on killing the Truth.
Those who Love and follow God Almighty are INTENT, heart, soul and mind, on spreading THE Truth, HIS Truth and ALL Truths.
And this is the exact stage we are entering into at warp speed right now.
Where the Naked Truth arises from the well, in all its gloriousness, brilliance and ugliness, to point directly to the finely dressed lies that have tranced The People for decades while cloaking them with the tools of their master.
It is with a heavy heart I write this, however, it MUST be said.
The WORLD is watching the truth come out about the co vide 19 era of Crimes Against Humanity, all vaccines, 9/11, the Russia Hoax, Afghanistan, Benghazi, Obamas, Clintons, Bidens, Bushes, other world leaders and ilk, Operation Gladio, Treason, Sedition and Conspiracy to commit both, Racketeering, forever wars, banking cartels, the baphomet induced alphabet soup mix and gender bullshit, Lawfare, corruption at the highest levels of governments, judicial, medical, law enforcement, education, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, satanic ritual abuse, and everything else we've been lied to our whole lives about, including history.
KNOWINGLY
INTENTIONALLY
BY DESIGN
[They], in full on PANIC, resentment and hatred, did what [they] do best to try and circumvent the TRUTHS from reaching the People.
[They] killed an innocent husband, father, Patriot truth teller who was reaching the Youth, our Future, and opening their wonderful minds to critical thinking skills and the desire to ask meaningful questions.
[They] thought killing the messenger would kill the message.
[They] fully planned this distraction to divert attention away from what the entire Trump administration is revealing to the world, one day, one hour, at a time.
It's worked so well for [them] in the past, and it IS [their] playbook.
And [they've] murdered a plethora of truth tellers for hundreds of decades to keep [their] secrets hidden.
What [they've] failed to realize, or ignored, is the FACT that the Truth is more powerful than any two-edged sword.
[They] might have killed the messenger, but the message was AMPLIFIED.
[They] thought to distract the People, but The People are more laser focused than ever.
[They] thought [their] illusion of "saving democracy" would be enough to sway the sea grass, but the sea grass now has eyes to see and ears to hear.
[They] thought to kill a man would end his voice, instead, that voice has found itself into in a million of other voices, LOUD voices.
And [they] made that man, Charlie Kirk, a LEGEND.
A True Martyr of Truth, Freedom and Justice.
A Precious Soul who was changing the world, one student at a time, using open, honest, Free Speech debate.
NEVER forget, this is WAR.
And with war, comes death and destruction.
I'm sorry to be so blunt, however, to sugarcoat this fact, would be a lie, a distraction.
This war, is a war like no other before it on earth
It WAS silent.
To the point of no one even knowing it was going on in full force.
That Cone of Silence, is now broken.
A single bullet has unleashed an Explosion of Bullhorns of Truth from a Million or more Voices into the Public Square, and there ain't no turning back now.
And Charlie Kirk, a 31 year old father, husband, son, brother, friend, lover of Christ, a man of God, beloved by millions - led the charge of one of the biggest BOOMS in the awakening of humanity.
For those grieving his loss, of which I am indeed one of, I offer you this.
When Jesus was murdered on the cross, His last word was Tetelestai, meaning, "It is Finished."
Financially - the debt of your sin has been fully paid
Judicially - the sentence of your sin has been fully served
Militarily - the War against evil and death (the price of sin) has been fully won.
The "Author and Finisher of your Faith," the "I Am Who I Am," the Truth, the Light, and the Way didn't just beat the first death, of which He compares to a deep slumber throughout Scripture; He beat eternal death, the price of sin.
And NOTHING is over until HE declares it so, including life and death.
Remember Lazarus.
THE KING IS COMING BACK
EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM
EVERY KNEE WILL BOW TO HIM
AND WE, HIS BELOVED CHILDREN, THOSE NOT OF THE WORLD BUT ARE IN THE WORLD, WILL REJOICE WITH HIM FOREVER MORE.
Until then, we will remember, and cherish, all those who gave their all to bring the Truth to Light.
And let our "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT" be with strategic, impactful, wise words of Truth.
May the LOVE and PEACE that far surpasses all understanding wrap around each and every one of you, warmly, snugly, and protectively.
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Jesus just gave me a God Tap through you and your article.
Just wanted to let you know, from my heart to yours, from my eyes to yours.
WWG1WGA
NCSWIC - NOTHING!
*Tips hat
MUCH LOVE
That was beautiful my friend.
That was the kind of truth and wisdom that we need to be constantly reminded of.
It has always been a war between God and evil.
For the first time in our lives, we are seeing evil losing and they are now lashing out in violence because they know they can’t stop what’s coming.
God wins and I see His hand in this fight.
God bless you my friend.
Thank you for sharing that!
Thank you for another truthful and encouraging message! 🙏
Thank you for reading it.
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"When God forgives, He forgives completely."
"To allow guilt to override this fact, is allow the enemy in."
So very well said. Thank you for all of your words. The Truth, the Light, and the Way is here, now.
This was beautiful and thank you for posting it.
Thank you for reading it.
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Thanks for the effort here. Charlie Kirk was assassinated. That is a whole other order of magnitude. Demonic evil on every TV.
Certainly true.
Thank you for sharing those experiences, Joe. A profound piece of writing. The manner of which his life was taken is just despicable. My hope & prayer is that many continue his work (many seeds planted in our youth); and proceed in love & not violence.
I have that same prayer my friend.
I hope many in the younger generation that Charlie was trying to reach, will take the baton from Charlie and run with it.
Thanks for sharing your personal stories, Joe. We all have regrets we need to let go and move forward. Right, hardest person to forgive is yourself, one of the few sermon themes I remember as an teenager! God forgives, accept the gift and live your life loving others and forgiving. Charlie would want that of us all. So, too, those who lost their lives in the horror of 9/11.
I agree my friend.
It’s really hard to forgive others if you can’t forgive yourself.
Thankfully God can overcome all of that.
Joe, another great post one that many need in these trying times. Having been a first responder for 20 years, I'm very familiar with death. God showed me personally that no one gets to God until it's their time. People I thought wouldn't make it to the hospital were healed, while a minor accident took someone's life and the accident wasn't that bad.. God needed Charlie by him he's preparing for war... Peace...
It’s really hard for people to grasp that truth my friend.
God numbered out my days before one of them came into being, and I won’t leave this life one minute before God allows me to.
Instead of worrying about death, I choose to live for a purpose.
I’m trying to create the biggest ripple effect possible and guide others to truth and Jesus.
Blessings always my friend and thank you for the difficult job that you do.
Well said. My daughter is a paramedic and has said similar things to me.
Bless you and your daughter, she is an angel to many...
Thank you. I know she is... although I have no idea how she does it. I think it just takes a certain kind of person to do that kind of job... I know I'm not one of them myself!
Yes it does take a special kind of person, you have to maintain control of your emotions and not allow yourself to get emotionally involved in the incident. Many have trouble controlling their emotions. When you become emotionally involved you will make mistakes, those mistakes can cost people their lives. You also have to have good shielding to reflect some of those emotions... Peace...
Yes, and I am very familiar with the dark humor they employ to help them through it, which I understand. She's also a firefighter and NG, and her husband is a cop, so they live in that world, and I hear the stories. The hardest ones are about children usually.
I'm not particularly emotional myself, however I require copious alone time and I'm on an artist's schedule - sleeping in. No way could I live at their pace!
Most fire departments you work 10 days a month, but those are 24 hour days. It's a different pace and lifestyle. When a major incident breaks out you have to be ready to respond to help relieve the crews or help put all the equipment back in service and ready for the next call. I feel you on the alone time, something I cherish.. My wife said I lost 10 years in age when I retired I finally was able to sleep through the night without one ear open for my tones... Peace,,,
Reading this, I (and probably all) sensed the heaviness of your broken heart and the weight of the yoke of guilt you carried alone. Praise Jesus for your healing! Praise the LORD for your teaching gift, for it has blessed many and encouraged us to look for the truth and to face it and to let it free us from a false "reality" that others have used to manipulate us. Thank you for your powerful pieces and for sharing your heart.
Thank you Sal.
My heart has been heavy since I heard the news about Charlie.
Truth will win because God wins.
We all need to just make sure that we are helping to share the truth because it will set people free.
Blessings my friend!
Beautifully stated! Thank you!
Thanks, Joe, for the most important reminder at this time.
Blessings James!
Thank you for this encouragement Joe. You have certainly been in the trenches, and helps us see how God has used these in your life and why you are so gifted! Thank God for Charlie 🙏 It hurts because we feel the loss of his family and ourselves. We also feel the burden of Spiritual warfare over our nations, and we have suffered a big blow. We need to hold on to Jesus and trust in Him, I believe Charlie’s legacy will be amplified now.
“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.” John 12:24.
That is such a great and encouraging verse my friend. It is perfect.
It is spiritual warfare and always has been, which is why we need to seek and rely on God more and more.
Thank you. Many Times Over.
Blessings always Pamela!
Thank you Sir.