Bishop T.D. Jakes Helps Tyrese Heal After Paul Walker's Death
Tyrese Gibson has received help overcoming the death of his good friend and "Fast and Furious" film franchise star Paul Walker by Bishop T.D. Jakes.
While Walker, 40, was an experienced driver, he was the passenger in a vehicle driven by his friend and business partner Roger Rodas before both lost their lives last Saturday. Tyrese, the 34-year-old singer and actor, has been mourning his friend's death both at the site of the crash and on social media.
However, the entertainer recently let some of his Instagram followers know that he was dealing with the loss with the help of Bishop T.D. Jakes, the lead pastor at The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas.
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While Jakes reached out to Tyrese to help him heal from the situation, the singer and actor also watched a funeral that the preacher spoke at and drew inspiration from there to share with his Instagram followers.
"In moments like this, it feels -- it feels like death has won. But the bible says that love is stronger than death," Jakes told Tyrese, according to the singer. "Your hearts are heavy, tears flow down. Your spirits are wounded. I feel that too."
While Jakes said he may not have known Walker, he knew about pain and dealing with death. However, the Bishop spoke about the importance of not letting death win and spoke about some examples from the Bible.
"The first family, when Cain killed Abel, it seemed like death had won," Jakes preached, according to Tyrese. "Noah escaped the flood. Still he died. It looked like death had won... Your tears may flow. Your pain may come. The flowers will wither."
However, Jakes insisted that things will begin to turn around for those mourning Walker's death.
"You will learn what all of us know who have lost people that we love. You'll be driving down the street one day and you'll hear Paul's voice talking in your head," Jakes said, according to Gibson. "Something he said or something he did will pop up in your spirit and you'll giggle inside of yourself as if he were sitting in the car with you. And you will find that people that you really love, they may leave you outwardly, but they never leave you inwardly."
Because of God's love, Jakes said death will not overcome those living and grieving.
"May the love of God, the peace of the Holy Spirit, the sweet communion of knowing that you are a child of the king keep you through this period in life when it might appear as if death has won, but it's alive," Jakes said, according to Tyrese. "Love will last forever, for God is love.... In this circle of love death will never win…"
