Hi.
None of you know me.
My name is Joe Killman.
I am a very, very proud father.
I'm an amazing young man.
Emotions.
There's a lot of them right now,
right?
I'm an interactive guy. I want to hear.
Look, look, Tell me some of your emotions that's been
happening in the past three days.
Four days. Yell them out.
Yell them. Anger. Come on,
hear me. Talk to me,
people. Come on, be bold.
Anger. Sadness.
Unforgiveness, Emptiness.
Hope.
I love that.
Anything else?
Love.
Frustration.
Mad. Confusion. Guilty.
Guilty.
Condemned.
Broken.
I've felt every single one of those emotions
simultaneously since the moment I got the phone call.
Emotions are one thing.
We have choices in life.
Forgiveness is something I didn't hear because
it's not an emotion.
Forgiveness is a choice, people.
If Josiah was standing here right now,
if you had the opportunity to come down and speak
to you,
he would talk to you about forgiveness.
It's the center of what Jesus
is
unforgiveness.
That's a curse.
It comes with
things you don't want,
things you don't need.
So as Travis stood here and challenged you
from the life of Josiah,
I challenge you
to choose forgiveness. Because in that forgiveness
we become
the light
of Jesus.
The comfort that I've felt from this community is overwhelming.
By the grace of God,
I stand here with the ability to talk to you.
And it's only by God I'm here to honor my
son.
From the bottom of my heart,
Campbellsville.
Thank you.