Pastor Davey Blackburn Says He Forgives Men Who Killed His Pregnant Wife Amanda, Hopes to Someday Share the Gospel With Them

Leah Marieann Klett : Apr 27, 2016
Gospel Herald

"...it's not just a one-time decision. It's a daily decision."

The pastor husband of Amanda Blackburn, the pregnant woman who died after being shot in the head at her home by intruders last November, has said he has forgiven his wife's killers and hopes to someday share the Gospel with them. (Photo via Gospel Herald)

Speaking out for the first time since his wife's death in an interview with his former pastor Perry Noble, Davey Blackburn said that following Amanda's brutal murder, he realized that forgiveness "isn't an emotion."
 
"I wasn't ever going to feel like forgiving them [Amanda's killers]. Just point blank: You're never going to feel like forgiving someone for doing something to you that is irreparable... What I realized is that forgiveness is a decision. And it's not just a one-time decision. It's a daily decision."
 
"Every day I have to wake up... and I have to decide to forgive. And here's why I decided to decide to forgive: it's because bitterness and unforgiveness is going to be a cancer to no one else except for me. And it's going to eat me up inside if I hang on to that."

As reported by The Gospel Herald, Amanda was viciously beaten and shot during a home invasion on Nov. 10, just a few hours after Davey left her alone with their young son Weston to work out at the gym.
 
An autopsy conducted on Amanda, who was 12 weeks pregnant at the time, revealed: "(She) sustained a gunshot wound to the back of her head. She also had...
 
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