You are More- Tenth Avenue North

There are many songs that you hear every day that never really hit home.  Songs that have a good beat, or melody that you just hum along to when you are driving to and from work.  Songs that you sing in church that don't register in your heart.  This is one of those songs.  I have listened to it for years on the radio and learned the words without really understanding them.  That is until about 30 minutes ago. 

See I have become a fan of Ann Voskamp over the past 4 months or so.  She is an incredible writer and posts the incredible quotes on FB and Pinterest for all to see.  Here is the one I just saw:

I struggle with hard work.  I like to know the answers.  I have a hard time feeling loved for the sake of being loved.  But what I am learning in my journey is that I am loved.  I am accepted.  
Through Jesus, I AM MORE LOVED AND ACCEPTED THAN I COULD EVER IMAGINE.  I don't have to work for that love or that acceptance.  I don't have to know it or even understand it. 

As I read the words to this post, I began humming, "you are more than the choices that you make, you are more than the sum of past mistakes..."  I googled the refrain and found it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgi-G-dHYkY

Here are some of my take aways:

"She knows all the answers
and she's rehearsed all the lines
and she'll try to do better
but 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 build
but what He built to forgive you
and what He built to make you know...

You are MORE"

If I can just remember that it's not about ME, its about Him.