This song spoke to my heart on Sunday. I really realized how unworthy I am of God's love. I can't ever compare to His beauty, but he still chooses to Love me, and not just Love me, but LOVE me. Like let his son be killed b/c He loved me. Who does that? Who am I to deserve that Love? I am messed up and ugly, but he brings the beauty to my life. He is so beautiful. And he loves me!!! Me! and you! Pretty awesome right? We aren't deserving. We might think we are pretty great, but you put us next to Him and we are ugly...ugly... We are so unworthy, but still He loves us. And really loves us. He Loves all those insecurities we have about ourselves; He loves it all. His opinion is the only one that matters. Let's not take for granted the Joy we have that someone so mighty and beautiful loves us, all of us, all the good parts-the bad parts-the ugly parts. Let's not forget His majesty that we stand in front of. Let's not forget what He did for us. Let's not forget How unworthy we are. But let us also not forget that we have been redeemed by Him, that we have been made beautiful before Him, that His grace takes us just as we are, that we have freedom in Him, that He has rescued our souls. So give Him the glory. Don't take credit for your life. Nothing is yours. You earned nothing. Everything is a gift. You couldn't breath without Him. You couldn't find means for food, clothing, a car, a house, a family, without Him. None of this life is ours. We sometimes forget where the credit is due. Always return things back to praise. Humbling right?
Here are the Lyrics to the song The Beauty of the Cross by Jeff Johnson:
At the cross I find the beauty of the your matchless grace
At the cross I see a King who died to take my place
Its the moment that you made me clean and pardoned my soul
Amazing grace that I would be alive unto Your throne
Not by my own will but solely by Your will alone
I'm unworthy of this love you are showing to me
I see my desperate need
The beauty of the cross is that there's one who has redeemed my soul
The beauty of the cross is that I'm finally free and letting go
The beauty of the cross is that Your grace has found me just as I am
Verse 2:
Not by my own words that I may boast or I may come
But simply through your Son the sinless and Exalted One
Only through the cross am I made clean to draw near to you
Saved so that you would receive all glory due Your name
Everlasting God from age to age you never change
A true love story remains for all eternity
That all the world would see
The beauty of the cross is that there's one who has redeemed my soul
The beauty of the cross is that I'm finally free and letting go
The beauty of the cross is that Your grace has found me just as I am
My sinful soul could only be
redeemed by the blood of a sineless King
So you came to the world that You had made
Conquered sin on the cross and you rose from the grave
The beauty of the cross is that there's one who has redeemed my soul
The beauty of the cross is that I'm finally free and letting go
The beauty of the cross is that Your grace has found me just as I am
Intense right?!
<3 Kitty
