Day 25 - You're Beautiful

Tonight I went to Fish Fest, a concert put on by The Fish 95.9. They basically get a bunch of awesome Christian bands together at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater for worship and fellowship. We saw Tenth Avenue North, David Crowder Band, Third Day, and MercyMe.

Now I've been to plenty of concerts like this one, and I thought I pretty much knew what to expect. But tonight I heard something I really needed to hear. During MercyMe's set Bart Milliard, lead vocalist, began talking about how in God's eyes we are beautiful. That we are worth His love, and how special we are to Him. And Millard began to sing this song, You're Beautiful, which he wrote for his daughters.

You're Beautiful
Days will come when you don't have the strength
And all you hear is you're not worth anything
Wondering if you ever could be loved
And if they truly saw your heart
They'd see too much

Chorus
You're beautiful, You're beautiful
You are made for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful, You're beautiful
You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His
You're beautiful

Praying that you have the heart to fight
'Cause you are more than what is hurting you tonight
For all the lies you've held inside so long
But they are nothing in the shadow of the cross

Repeat Chorus

Before you ever took a breath
Long before the world began
Of all the wonders He possessed
There was one more precious
Of all the earth and skies above
You're the one He madly loves
Enough to die!

You're beautiful, You're beautiful
In His eyes

You're beautiful!
You are made for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful!
You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His
You're beautiful! You're beautiful!
You are made for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful! You're beautiful!
You are treasured
You are sacred
You are His

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And this made me think of how often times this world has told me otherwise, I have told myself otherwise, people have told me otherwise. The role models that little girls have are ridiculous. These standards cause unhealthy lifestyles, and there's no reason for going to such extremes. Especially when we have a loving Savior who thinks differently. There is so much out there in the world telling us lies. Telling us we're too fat, too skinny, too short, too tall, too ugly, too dumb, etc. However, this is not the case at all. God thinks we're beautiful. And it's unfair for us to think of ourselves anything less because we were made in God's image. And by putting ourselves down, we might as well insult the creator. He sent His only begotten son to suffer and die on a cross, He knows the number of hairs on our heads, He knew us in our mother's wombs, He adores us, and He knows our paths in His purpose long before we even begin to realize it. God's love should be enough. It's an unfathomable love, and it's ours for the taking. And you know what, I'm beautiful, and so are you. :]