Summary

SummaryI never expected to return home from the gym and find my world shattered πŸ’”. On November 11, 2015, I discovered my wife Amanda lying on our living room floor… she had been fatally shot. In the chaos of the hospital, a worship songβ€”Elevation Worship’s β€œNothing Is Wasted”—brought me a supernatural peace ✨, reminding me God was still with me. As I planned her funeral, I held onto Romans 8:28 and declared that He would not waste her life or our pain. Over the next months, I wrestled with God’s goodness and rebuilt my faith from the ashes. When He brought a new love into my life, I saw His restoration firsthand ❀️. But the journey didn’t end thereβ€”I chose daily to release bitterness and extend radical forgiveness to the men who killed Amanda. Writing them letters and praying over that courtroom was my redemptive vengeance, wielding mercy instead of rage. Today, I travel sharing this story of loss transformed, reminding everyone that what the enemy meant for evil, God turns for good πŸ™Œ.

Pastor Davey Blackburn shares the chilling and heart-wrenching moment he returned home to find his pregnant wife Amanda fatally shot during a random home invasionβ€”just one day before the anniversary of their church-planting journey. In the midst of unimaginable loss, God spoke through a worship song, igniting a supernatural peace and a mission Davey never expected. From deep despair to a restored life, he shares how God miraculously rebuilt his heart, called him into radical forgiveness, and turned pain into powerful purpose. This is a raw, shocking, and hope-filled testimony of what it means to follow Christ into the valleyβ€”and find redemption on the other side.

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01:02 Wife discovered shot
07:03 Supernatural peace arrives
08:05 Nothing Is Wasted mantra
11:53 God brings new love
18:01 Choosing forgiveness path
23:09 Letters to the killers
26:06 Closing prayer
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