💔🇺🇸 Charlie Kirk — A Brother’s Blood, A Nation’s Cross
💔🇺🇸 Charlie Kirk — A Brother’s Blood, A Nation’s Cross
I’ve been thinking hard since Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
And it’s not just me — folks all across this land are weeping, singing, aching. Some say it feels like 9/11 again. Some compare it to JFK. For me, sitting here in my boots, it feels like both — because when you cut down a truth-teller, you cut at the roots of a nation.
🕊️ A Brother in Arms, A Voice for the Kids
Charlie wasn’t perfect. None of us are. But he was a husband, a daddy, a fighter for family and faith. A “brother in arms.”
Some folks are calling him a civil rights leader for our day — not marching with signs, but standing with a mic, defending free speech, faith, and family. And I think they’re right. He stirred up the lions. He told the youth they were made for more. And he paid the price.
The Bible says it plain:
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” (Psalm 116:15)
🔥 Where Was the Leadership?
Let’s be honest. The response from institutions — including the LDS Church — felt muted. Careful. Scripted. Like a press release for a corporate mishap instead of the murder of a brother in Christ.
Meanwhile, the world roared when George Floyd died. Where’s that fire when a Christian husband and father falls?
And BYU? They refused to let Charlie even speak on campus. Yet they’ve let others far more controversial walk the stage. That tells you something about where priorities lie.
🌐 The Digital Battlefield
Then there’s the killer — Tyler. Raised in Mormon pews, wandered into the digital abyss, poisoned by online hate. Parents, this is a warning to us all. The internet is raising our kids if we don’t. And it’s not raising them with love.
From the Nemenhah Records:
“Raise up your little ones in the hearing of the Haymehnay (Holy Ghost), that their voices may echo truth, and not the noise of the world.”
✝️ The Christian Response — No Vengeance, Only Courage
The easy path is revenge. The angry path is retaliation. But the Savior laid down a harder way:
“Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you.” (Matthew 5:44)
And in the Doctrine and Covenants:
“Renounce war and proclaim peace.” (D&C 98:16)
This is the call. Not to retreat. Not to hide. But to step forward with Christian courage — bold, loving, unafraid.
🌍 Charlie’s Light Goes Global
Already, Charlie’s name is echoing across the earth — protests in England, vigils in Korea, songs rising here at home. His death isn’t just American — it’s global. The struggle for truth, faith, and freedom belongs to all mankind.
🕯️ Our Call to Action
Charlie’s mission doesn’t die because a bullet flew.
It passes to us.
To parents, guiding your kids through a digital minefield.
To churches, waking up and speaking with fire, not formality.
To every believer, choosing courage instead of silence.
The Book of Mormon gives the charge:
“The righteous need not fear… they shall be lifted up at the last day.” (1 Nephi 22:17)
And the Nemenhah remind us:
“The Peacemaker hath not forgotten the slain. Their names are written, and they shall rise in remembrance.”
🙏 Lift the Cross Higher
Brothers and sisters, Charlie’s blood cries out from the ground. The songs rising now are psalms for our time. The world wants vengeance. Christ calls for faith.
So what will we do?
We will lift the cross higher.
We will carry the banner Charlie bore.
We will stand, not in hate, but in hope.
Because evil may take a breath — but it cannot take the flame.
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