Remade

Of all the songs I've heard lately, I think this one sums up best what it's like to go through recovery and the experience of having God change your mind, your heart and your life. It takes a while to realize that good things are actually happening, and until you've been at it for a while, there's still the fear that you may have gone too far, done too much, fallen too far past God's ability to forgive you or heal you.

This song is so beautifully written. It touches on both the fear of being damaged beyond repair and the fact that NO ONE is too far out of God's reach. And it's true what he sings about in the chorus: Once you REALLY see yourself as you REALLY are in GOD'S eyes, and know that you are a new creature, it changes everything.

Everything.

You are more than you ever knew or dreamed possible. When you've allowed yourself to be "remade" by the Lord, it is wonderful. Because it can never, ever, EVER be taken away from you.

Enjoy.





YOU ARE MORE
Tenth Avenue North

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 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 

But 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. 

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. 

'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 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. 

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. 

You've been remade. 
You've been remade. 
You've been remade. 
You've been remade.

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So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:16-17)