Pastor's widow says she prays for shooting suspect

I read that widow of slain pastor Fred Winters, Cindy Winters, was praying for the man who killed her husband.

"Terry, Jesus died on the cross for all of our sins, including the ones that you committed last Sunday," Winters read from a prepared statement.

And this is where I disconnect. I have to ask why? What good does it do? Cindy Winters is using the murder of her husband to further the cause of Christianity. It feels inauthentic. The real human emotions would be grief beyond words and a taste for vengeance, or justice.  Months from now, when the pain is less, forgiveness can come. I would believe it then. It would feel right. This feels political.

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