"Though everything inside of me wants to hate, be
angry, and slip into despair, I choose the route of forgiveness, grace
and hope. If there is one thing I've learned from Amanda in the 10 years
we were together, it's this: Choosing to let my emotions drive my
decisions is recipe for a hopeless and fruitless life. Today I am
deciding to love, not hate." -Pastor Davey Blackburn
Pastor
Davey Blackburn seeks God to give him and his family the power to have a
"heart of forgiveness," and is making a choice in which he is,
"deciding to hope, not despair. By Jesus' power at work within us, the
best is STILL yet to come. Even when I don't see it, I believe it to be
true." (Photo via Gospel Herald)
Police have made an arrest in connection with Amanda Blackburn's
murderer. That's some good news for Pastor Davey Blackburn and the
family. Blackburn said that he is, "extremely relieved" that there has
been an arrest and that investigators are saying that they have a,
"solidly built case." But Blackburn adds that it still doesn't, "undo
the pain we feel."
An 18 year-old-male, Larry Taylor, was arrested, as well as two other
men, Jalen Watson and Diano Gordon. Indianapolis police have said that
all of the men will be charged with at least three other robberies and
Amanda Blackburn's rape. Taylor was arrested with the assistance of U.S.
Marshals and the Indianapolis violent crime detectives unit.
The three men apparently entered the unlocked house after Davey
Blackburn had left for the gym on the morning of November 10. They had
found Amanda Blackburn at home, stole the pastor's ATM card, and two of
the men left to withdraw money, while one stayed behind and raped Amanda
Blackburn, and then shot her in the head while her toddler lay asleep
in his crib upstairs. Detectives were able to piece together who the
suspects were through ATM receipts they found in a car that the suspects
had stolen earlier in the month.
Indianapolis Police Chief Rick Hite publically thanked all who were involved in solving the case...
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Pastor Davey posted a note on Facebook, (click here to read it) below is an excerpt.
Though everything inside of me wants to hate, be angry, and slip
into despair, I choose the route of forgiveness, grace and hope. If
there is one thing I've learned from Amanda in the 10 years we were
together, it's this: Choosing to let my emotions drive my decisions is
recipe for a hopeless and fruitless life. Today I am deciding to love,
not hate. Today I am deciding to extend forgiveness, not bitterness.
Today I am deciding to hope, not despair. By Jesus' power at work within
us, the best is STILL yet to come. Even when I don't see it, I believe
it to be true.
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Source: www.breakingchristiannews.com/