Erika Kirk, widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, appeared on Glenn Beck’s program Thursday morning to discuss her late husband’s legacy and the release of his new and final book, which emphasizes the significance of honoring the Sabbath.
“My husband’s legacy is not about his murder. My husband’s legacy is what he left behind,” Kirk told Beck.
Beck noted that Charlie Kirk emphasized the importance of Sabbath: “If I didn’t honor the Sabbath, I would have been dead a long time ago. There’s just not enough hours in the day to do everything. If I didn’t shut down and concentrate on God and my family for one day — total shutdown — I wouldn’t have made it.”
Kirk explained that her husband believed honoring the Sabbath is the only commandment where those who break it miss out on the blessing, not God. “We live in a day and age where people are trying to separate the Old Testament from the New Testament. You cannot pick and choose portions of the Bible,” she said.
Despite Charlie Kirk’s demanding schedule, he prioritized a day of rest. Kirk urged listeners: “You have a decision to make. Are you going to blow through your adrenals, spike up your cortisol levels forever, and just try to wear it as a badge of honor, like, ‘I’ll sleep when I’m dead’?”
“You don’t know how long you’ll be here,” she added. “But you know that you have time, and you are in control of your time. And you are in control of how you use your time.”
Kirk argued that Christians who claim to be too busy for a break are violating a commandment. “You are involving idols in your life. You’re putting other gods before the one true God,” she remarked.
“If you can’t get a full 24 hours in, work it in through your week. Maybe just sunset your device from 5:00 p.m. up until the next morning,” she continued. “There’s a way for you to be able to do this and not put pressure on yourself, where you’re letting yourself down.”
