I received a text about 15 minutes after Charlie was shot and immediately went to prayer. Like so many I wept and prayed and begged God to spare his life. I believe in a God of miracles but God had other plans. Charlie leaves behind a wife and two very young kids who will grow up without their dad.
So many people have been saying and posting really eloquent things about Charlie and I am not trying to compete with any of that. Vice President Vance wrote about his relationship with Charlie and it’s amazing and worth the read. I am posting because I want to honor in my small way the life Charlie led and the legacy he has left behind.
Do you realize he was doing what God had commissioned him to do up until the very moment an assassin took his life? What an incredible thing that is. Only 31 years old and yet he accomplished more than most do in a lifetime. I know many are justifiably angry but I am just sad, very sad. He is with Christ hearing well done good and faithful servant but we mourn for his wife, his children, his parents and loved ones and all those who loved him and whose lives he touched.
We resolve that he will not have died in vain. The movement he birthed will grow exponentially from here and I believe God will raise up countless more Charlies to take his place. I am convicted to be more bold, more courageous, more in love with Jesus because of this and I don’t think I am alone. There will be time to dissect where we go from here and the dealing with left wing violence that has to have a reckoning but, not even 24 hours from his tragic death, we mourn. Rest in peace Charlie and thank you for what you did and the world you impacted for Christ.