Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Fearfully and wonderfully made

I am fearfully and wonderfully made 

That's what I've heard

That's what I've learned

And yet still I live as though

Beauty is a way 

That love can be earned

So I look in the mirror

 And I don't see psalm 139

But I look in the mirror

And see a face and a body 

That I wish wasn't mine

For if I looked a bit different

Maybe they wouldn't reject me

If I fixed these “flaws”

Then maybe the people around me

Would be more accepting

But they aren't the problem

No, it's me and my heart 

For they love me regardless

Yet I still feel the need To tear myself apart

For I’m afraid of rejection

So if I blame it on the beauty

Then I can justify the fear

And find a reason they may not love me.

But I've been blind all along

For they don't see all my flaws

They just see a girl

Whos been redeemed through the cross

They don't see me the way I do

But they see me as beloved 

For my Lord gave up heaven

He left his life up above

And he did it for me

So that through him

I can see my true beauty

For what makes me beautiful is not my face, or my body

But because of His love for me.

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-Truthie M.