Shelby Brown testified in front of the inmates how she forgave her father’s killer and shared the gospel with him.
Shelby Brown
A devoted Christian, Shelby Houston Brown, shared a beautiful testimony of hope and forgiveness with inmates seeking to know Jesus. She joined the God Behind Bars team and visited Gadsden Correctional Institution, where she powerfully testified to forgiving her father’s killer.
On December 3, 2021, Shelby received news that changed her life forever. Her father, Richard Houston, a police officer, was ambushed, shot four times, and killed almost instantly. She recalled, “I still remembered the weight of that moment.”
Days later, Shelby presented a eulogy at her father’s funeral, where she publicly forgave the man who killed her father. Afterward, she heard God say, “Shelby, you can have a life full of bitterness and resentment. Or you can have Me and my peace.”
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She Forgave Her Father’s Killer
A couple of months later, she saw the man who killed her father in the courtroom. After the trial had ended, she said to him, “I can say a lot of things to you. Man, I know you’re looking for a way out, and there’s only one way out, and His name is Jesus.”
Furthermore, Shelby mentioned that after she shared the gospel with the man, he quietly nodded, and tears streamed down his face. At that moment, she believed that deep down, the tears she saw meant that a life had changed. And she wanted to see more of it.
That’s why Shelby chose to share her testimony with people who needed it. Currently, she has spoken in two God Behind Bars prisons. In one of her visits, Shelby told the inmates, “I’m aware that many of you have never heard before that you are forgiven. And if you can’t take it from anyone, anyone else, take it from me, that I forgive you. And if you can’t take it from me, take it from the Heavenly Father who forgives you.” Eventually, Shelby’s testimony led many inmates to follow Jesus.
Watch her full testimony here.
Reference | God Behind Bars
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