Beautiful, Beautiful

Wednesday, 29 June 2011 01:17 |

It's funny how songs can creep up on you sometimes.

I was just driving into St. Cloud when I lost the radio station I had been listening to. I started scanning through stations and stopped on one because I recognized the song, which I'm not even sure what it was now that I'm thinking about it. The next song that played was called Beautiful, Beautiful by Francesca Battistelli. I found myself totally drawn into the lyrics. So much so, in fact, that I wanted to listen to it again on the ride home. I checked my iPod, just to see, and had it! Love it when that happens! Anyway, I'm pretty sure the song could be a theme song for this blog, so I just have to share.

Don't know how it is You looked at me

And saw the person that I could be

Awakening my heart

Breaking through the dark

Suddenly Your grace

I think I almost found the first two lines haunting... I would be lying if I said I never wondered how God can look at me and see all that I can be. He doesn't just see where I am right now, He sees everything that I can be in my life. And that by itself is something remarkable. If that thought alone doesn't give me worth, I don't know what will. He knows all that I have the potential to be and pushes me to get there. He is what stirs in my heart to make me dream. And even when it's dark, it is truly His grace that breaks through.

Like sunlight burning at midnight

Making my life something so

Beautiful, beautiful

Mercy reaching to save me

All that I need

You are so

Beautiful, beautiful

What a picture that paints! Sunlight burning at midnight. Oh goodness. I have this image in my head of the blackest sky with brilliant reds, pinks, oranges, and yellows piercing it. It is Him. His grace, His love, His mercy and wonder that makes my life beautiful.

Now there's a joy inside I can't contain

But even perfect days can end in rain

And though it's pouring down

I see You through the clouds

Shining on my face

A friend of mine tweeted today, "It is important to become aware that at every moment of our life, we have an opportunity to choose joy." How right that is. That's what I thought of when I first heard this verse. In knowing Christ, I have joy that I can't contain. Or, at least, I shouldn't be able to contain it. It's what makes me hope to share His love with others. My life may not always be easy; days do end in pouring rain sometimes. But there is such joy in knowing Him. I can see Him shining bright in all circumstances.

Like sunlight burning at midnight

Making my life something so

Beautiful, beautiful

Mercy reaching to save me

All that I need

You are so

Beautiful, beautiful

It is only because of the beauty of Christ that my life is beautiful. God sent His son to die for me. Is there anything more beautiful than that? It was that act, His mercy, that saves me and gives me the chance to live.

I have come undone

But I have just begun

Changing by Your grace

Part of what I absolutely love about life is that it can be changed constantly by God's grace. There is a freedom in understanding what God's grace means for me. And for you. Your life is something so beautiful, beautiful. Know that. Let it seep into every ounce of your being. You're always worth it.

Like sunlight burning at midnight

Making my life something so

Beautiful, beautiful

Mercy reaching to save me

All that I need

You are so

Beautiful, beautiful

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