You're Beautiful

I heard the song "Beautiful Things" by Gungor on my way to work the other day, and it got me thinking. It doesn't matter what you think of yourself, what others think of you or say about you...You are BEAUTIFUL.

We often think that our worth comes from our job (janitor), our class status (middle class), our family (whether you have kids or not), our spouse (or lack thereof). Your worth does not come from any of those things! Your worth comes from God; and God, through His son Jesus, paid for your sins with His life on the cross. You are precious and valuable to God, so much so that He gave His one and only son for you (John 3:16). You are one of his beautiful creations.

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 Here's a video of the song.

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Here are the lyrics (abridged):

All this pain
I wonder if I’ll ever find my way
I wonder if my life could really change at all

All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up from this ground at all

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us (repeat 1x)

You make me new, You are making me new
You make me new, You are making me new
You are making me new

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I know a lot of Christian songs. I don't say that to brag, I say that because lately, and after hearing this song, I realized that I know these lyrics...I sing them, but I don't hear them. How often do I just sing the lyrics and not pay attention to what I'm saying? what the words REALLY mean?

After I heard this song, I incorporated it into a prayer. I asked God to help me remember that I am one of His beautiful creations. I thanked Him for creating me, in His likeness, out of the dust. I asked Him to help me know that my worth doesn't come from others, but from Him...I am beautiful to Him.