Suzanne was given a choice: deny Jesus or die.
When Islamic militants attacked her village in northern Nigeria, they demanded that she convert to Islam. Suzanne refused.
Because she would not deny Christ, a militant shot her in the head. Shockingly, the bullet did not kill her, but instead passed through both of her eyes, leaving her blind. The attackers assumed she was dead and left her beside her father, who had been killed in the same attack.
When villagers later came to bury the bodies, they discovered she was still alive.
In an interview with ryan_miller, he asked her: “What would you say to the man who shot you in the face and took your eyes if they were standing here right now?”
She replied: “I have nothing to do to him. We’d shake hands of love. We would hug each other, we would pray. I don’t hate him in my heart ever because he shot me. I have already forgiven him. I’m praying for him always that God will forgive him and also forgive me too..”
Pray for believers like Suzanne and for persecuted Christians around the world—that they would be strengthened, protected, and that their courage would continue to point people to Jesus!
