This faithful follower of Jesus made a powerful declaration with her final breath and showed that God’s love still reigns even in places of the utmost darkness
Christian’s across the Middle East are still under siege from ISIS – a brutal Islamic group seeking to eradicate the Christian faith from the face of the Earth. A tragic story emerged recently about a Christian mother and her child from Mosul, Iraq, who was approached by Islamic Militants. They forced her to pay a tax or leave the city. As she went to retrieve the money, the men torched her house. Her daughter was in the shower at the time
Her daughter was in the shower at the time, and became trapped. she was burned, and eventually killed, reports CNA. The mother held her child as she slipped into eternity, but she will never forget her final two words:
“Forgive them.”
This faithful follower of Jesus made a powerful declaration with her final breath and showed that God’s love still reigns even in places of the utmost darkness.
