Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika revealed Sunday that she still has the same conversations with God even after her husband’s assassination.
“Quite frankly, they’re kind of the same,” Erika told “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream when asked how her spouse’s death may have impacted her discussions with God.
“I talk to God … the same way: ‘God, use me. God, heal my heart. You know my pain, you know the depths of my pain. Walk through this with me. Put the people in my path that will help heal me and guide me and direct me and keep me in lockstep with your will,’ ” said the widow, who took the helm of her husband’s conservative Christian organization Turning Point USA after his murder in September
Erika Kirk said the couple’s shared faith in God and their drive to serve a greater purpose is “why Charlie built what he built.”
“I’ve never questioned, ‘Why me?’ I always knew that my life was not just to be lived for me. We’re here for such a greater purpose, and Charlie and I both knew that,” she said.
Before Charlie’s assassination, his wife maintained her “Midweek Rise Up” podcast, where she discussed religion.
Erika reflected that her late husband’s devotion to God is a key reason “why Charlie built what he built.”
Now that she’s running the largest conservative grassroots organization in the country, Erika said she has turned to God for guidance in that, too.
“I don’t want anything outside of God’s will. I do not,” she stressed. “Anything outside of the jet streams of God’s will, I will not even touch it with a 10-foot pole.”
Charlie and Erika Kirk are seen in an undated social-media photo. Instagram/mrserikakirkThe mom of two has worked to beef up TPUSA Faith, the religious arm of Turning Point USA, which announced in October that its network of churches doubled, growing by more than 200,000 people, after its founder’s death.
Charlie, 31, was allegedly killed by a furries-infatuated nut during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10.
Erika said in Sunday’s interview that she has refrained from taking her young children to a full religious service since her late husband’s death over fears of them becoming a spectacle.
“I intentionally have not since 9/10 — I have not brought my children to a full service,” she said. “I did bring them to a daytime service at one point. But, when it comes to Sunday or Saturday worship, when I’ll go to a physical church, I choose not to break my children.”
“I do not need the photos of my children. I would like to keep some things in my life very private,” she said. “I want my babies to have a childhood. I do not need them to be dragged through the mud on social media.”
When asked to give advice to individuals aspiring to find or enhance their faith, Erika urged them to purchase a Bible and “surround yourself with Bible-believing Christians.
“Dive straight in,” she added.





