You Are More

This morning I was listening to the new Tenth Avenue North cd...if you are not familiar with this band, you really should check them out.  Incredible music with awesome lyrics.   You may know their famous song "Love Is Here" that really put them on the charts.


Anyway, there is a song "You Are More" on their new album that made me think of you girls...it was written by Jason Ingram and Mike Donehey.  I want to share the lyrics with you, and encourage you to download this song and listen to it so you can imprint these words on your heart.  The lyrics are as follows...

"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 fearThat 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 feelingThat 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. 

'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've been remade."

This song reminded me of two verses from the Bible...


I John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us of all unrighteousness.


II Corinthians 5:17 What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!



Genuine Girl, if you believe in Jesus you have indeed been remade!  You are forgiven.  And like this song says, you are more than your past mistakes because Christ makes all things new.


Keep your head up sweetie...


Jennifer