The Beauty of the Cross

Last night at church we sang a song the chorus stuck with me. The lyrics of the chorus are:

The beauty of the cross is that
there's One Who has redeemed my soul.
The beauty of the cross is that
I'm finally free and letting go.
The beauty of the cross is that
Your grace has found me just as I am.

Isn't it strange that there is beauty in an object of death and bondage and sin? A symbol of torture and shame is the symbol that gives us the opposite - freedom and hope and love. And none of this would be true without the One who redeemed us. We are finally free.

(Lyrics and music by Jeff Johnson)