There's a girl in the corner
With tear stains on her eyes
From the places she's wandered
And the shame she can't hide
She says, "How did I get here?
I'm not who I once was.
And I'm crippled by the fear
That I've fallen too far to love"
But don't you know who you are,
What's been done for you?
Yeah don't you know who you are?
You are more
Well she tries to believe it
That she's been given new life
But she can't shake the feeling
That it's not true tonight
She knows all the answers
And she's rehearsed all the lines
And so she'll try to do better
But then she's too weak to try
But don't you know who you are?
You are more
'Cause this is not about what you've done,
But what's been done for you.
This is not about where you've been,
But where your brokenness brings you to
This is not about what you feel,
But what He felt to forgive you,
And what He felt to make you loved.
You are more
Do you ever feel like a song that you stumble upon was written about you?
Well I do with this song.
Sung by Tenth Avenue North, You Are More has become one of my favorite songs.
To be honest, I really got annoyed by this song because KLOVE played it on the radio over and over again until I knew it by heart, but I had no clue what they were singing. It was just another tune.
When I started listening to country music and pop/hiphop a lot, I lost touch with a lot of the Christian music I once loved.
And I'll be the first to tell you, I am FAR from perfect.
But when I heard this on the radio recently, and I actually listened to what the words were instead of singing along mindlessly, I was surprised.
You see, there are many many things people don't know about me. And it's going to stay that way. But let's just say for a moment that those lines that I "bolded" in the lyrics above were actually spoken by me. What would you do?
If someone you know, (and I can guarantee there is more than one person) thinks like that, the best thing you can do is try to prove them wrong. Tell them they are more than the choices they have made. Tell them they are more than the entire SUM of their past mistakes. Tell them they are more than the problems that they may create. And then, point them to Jesus. Show them how they have been remade. Because until that person comes to that realization, life just heads downhill. You can't change. You can't move. You just slowly die.
So what are you waiting for?
