songs that heal the heart.

I was listening to my pandora before I left for Barnabas and You Are More by Tenth Avenue North came on.  It was just what I needed to hear. Knowing that I am worth more than the mistakes I have made was so freeing. Just because Barnabas last year was not great didn't mean this year had to be the same way.  I had a fresh start!  

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 than the choices that you've made,
You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,
You are more than the problems you create,
You've been remade.

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

'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.

Another song that really hit home was Beautiful by Mercyme.  Pretty much saying that even when you are super discouraged and you feel like a failure, God still thinks you are 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

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

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

how great is that? You always belong to God, no matter what you do! No matter how weak and helpless you feel, He is always right besides you.

xox,

kirsten

p.s. my camp blog will be up soon, I am still working on writing it! But here's a picture of my camper!