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I heard a song on the radio this week that really made me…well, think.

The song is “Aftermath” by Hillsong United (listen below), and basically, it talks about the irony that Jesus died so we could live.

According to Webster’s, the word aftermath means “consequence, result” and also “the period immediately following a usually ruinous event.”

Jesus’s death on the cross — His sacrifice for us — would definitely be deemed by most as a ruinous event. It should have been. He was mocked, beaten, scarred. He died.

But because of all that — and because He rose again — the period following that ruinous event meant a consequence, a result, far better than any other ruinous event that has ever occurred.

Death for life. As the song says, we are found in the aftermath.

We are a result of the most ruinous event in history — as is our eternal life, our hope, everything good in this world.

It’s what amazes me most about God. He can turn what was meant for evil into something good. And not just something good — but life itself.

Only He has that power. And only He can we worship.

Take a listen and be blessed.

Your Turn: When has God turned bad into good in your life or the life of someone you know?

*Melissa Tagg is hosting me and a few other writer friends on her blog today. We’re talking about the story ideas we came up with while brainstorming together last week and what having close writer friends has meant to us! Come say hi!