VOM Radio: When Pauline Ayyad sensed God telling her to forgive her husband's killer, she didn't even want to consider it. She wanted them to suffer. But God changed her heart.
After the murder of her husband, Rami, a leader of the Bible Society in Gaza, Pauline Ayyad wrestled deeply with Romans 8:28, which promises that “all things work together for good” for those who love the Lord. What good could come from her husband’s murder? What good could come from having to raise her three children, one not yet born, without their father? Pauline asked God why He allowed her to marry Rami knowing he had been chosen to die a martyr’s death.
She did not want to forgive Rami’s killer; she wanted the murderer to pay for his crime.
Listen to this powerful VOM Radio interview in which Pauline shares how the Holy Spirit softened her heart during a five-year journey that brought her to forgive her husband’s killer. She didn’t just forgive quietly in her heart, but posted a message of forgiveness on social media. That post, which has blessed many Christians and challenged many Muslims as it has been read thousands of times, was an incredible witness for the gospel and the power of God’s grace in the face of Christian persecution.
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