Beautiful by MercyMe

Today I went to a concert as a part of Seattle Harvest. Jars of Clay, The Katinas, and MercyMe played this evening. It was a wonderful experience. There was one song that has stuck with me though. I have heard this song on the radio several times at all the times I've heard it, I didn't really care. When Bart (the lead singer for MercyMe) started talking about this song, he mentioned how he had wrote it with his two daughters in mind.

He wanted them to have a reminder that they were beautiful, no matter what else the rest of the world said. As he was telling the story, I thought about my own life and how I don't always see myself as beautiful. The first verse especially struck me because I realize that I tell myself that. I let Satan fill my head with those lies and the more I say it to myself, the more I believe it.

I know I have to change the way I think about myself. Having this song remind me that I am so much more because I'm God's is what I need to help me start. I hope this brings you just as much encouragement as it does me.

Beautiful: MercyMe (Album: The Generous Mr. Lovegood)
The days will come when you don't have the strength
When 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

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are made 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

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

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are made 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

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 skys above
You're the one He madly loves
Enough to death

You're beautiful
You're beautiful
In His eyes

You're beautiful
You were meant 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're meant for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful
You're beautiful
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His