During a recent interview on ‘Fox News Sunday,’ Erika Kirk delved into what it truly means to live out one’s faith. This was especially poignant given she witnessed the assassination of her husband, former TPUSA CEO Charlie Kirk. In her December 28 Fox interview, Erika also revisited her viral public address where she extended forgiveness to her husband’s killer.
Erika shared that she frequently gets asked the same profound question, yet her answer always comes back to trusting in the Lord. Here’s how she put it:
“It’s interesting because I keep getting the same question. ‘How could you forgive him? How could you forgive the man who murdered your husband?’ And the answer, to me, is just so simple. You trust in the Lord. And when you trust in the Lord, you do it. And faith is so powerful when it’s lived out. But, I don’t have this massive, in-depth answer. God is good. The world is evil. Don’t be surprised when the world acts like the world.
But, I know that the Lord will use everything. But, when you know that without a shadow of a doubt that the Lord is your refuge, the Lord is your strength, and you wake up every morning and you say, ‘God, give me the grace. Show me the direction I’m supposed to go. Use me.’ Just like Charlie said on stage two years ago here at AmFest [AmericaFest]. ‘Use me, Lord. Here I am.’ And when you surrender your life to that and that posture, everything else around you is just irrelevant, because God is so good.”
As Erika continued to share about her relationship with God, she also emphasized the importance of maintaining faith even after Charlie’s death. She admitted her conversations with God remain consistent, and she holds no anger towards Him, having “never questioned” Him. She explained:
“Quite frankly, [conversations] are kind of the same. I’ve never questioned, ‘Why me?’ I always knew that my life was not just to be lived for me. We’re here for such a greater purpose. And Charlie and I both knew that. And that’s why Charlie built what he built.
And I talked to God, like I said, the same way. You know, ‘God use me. God, heal my heart. You know my pain. You know the depths of my pain. Walk through this with me. Put the people in my path that will help heal me, and guide me, and direct me, and keep me in lockstep with your will.’ I don’t want anything outside of God’s will, I do not. Anything outside of the jet streams of God’s will, I do not—I will not even touch it with a 10-foot pole.
Even with Charlie, too. I’ll still talk to him. I’ll be in the kitchen, randomly, being like, ‘Babe, can you believe what happened today?’ There’s something powerful about communication and the veil is so thin, and I just know that prayer doesn’t have to be this, you know, heavy religious thing. It’s just communication with God. It’s so simple. You just talk to God.”
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