Feb 23, 2023
God’s greatest work, says author and speaker Kechi Okwuchi, is a kind of alchemy: He can transform pain into purpose. As one of two survivors of a commercial airline plane crash, Kechi shares her miraculous yet harrowing struggle to survive her trauma, and how she’s learned to draw strength from a story she never asked for.
Quotes
“What sets you apart as a Christian, as a believer, is
that when those bad things happen, it gives you a place to go to,
to run to when they happen.”
- Kechi Okwuchi
“I learned that I need to learn about God for myself, know about
Him for myself, so that I can understand how to pray for myself and
how to access that feeling and that peaceful feeling like
everything's going to be okay.”
- Kechi Okwuchi
“[I was] seeing God as this transactional figure, where you pray
and He gives you results. And so when I didn't get the results I
expected after praying, I got very frustrated and I had to deal
with that.”
- Kechi Okwuchi
“Being a Christian does not exempt you from bad things happening to
you in this world. That is not what Christianity or the faith is
supposed to represent. It doesn't mean that you're suddenly
shielded from life. Good and bad things happen to good and bad
people.”
- Kechi Okwuchi
“I pray that anyone who has gone through any kind of trauma,
whether it's as visible as mine or invisible, that they somehow are
able to grasp the truth: that there is life after trauma to look
forward to. Not only life where you survive, but one where you can
actually thrive.”
- Kechi Okwuchi
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