You are More

I have heard the song, "You are More" by Tenth Avenue North more times than I can count.  The radio station that I mainly listen to repeats the same 5 songs over and over and this happens to be one.  I'm not complaining though, Tenth Avenue North is one of my favorite bands so I don't mind.  There is something about this particular song that tugs at my heart every time I hear it.  It is a simple song with a simple meaning, but yet it's so powerful.  The song points out, no matter what you do, where you came from, or the choices you have made, you are so much more than that.  God so willingly carried the weight of our mistakes, our bad choices, our brokenness so that we can be, "remade."

It completely breaks my heart to see someone who thinks that they have made to many mistakes or they are to unworthy to receive the love and grace from God.  I know that there are people who have been in situations completely out of their control where they believe that they are unforgivable.  This song perfectly describes that no matter what, you are more and that you have been remade.  God loves us regardless of the situation or your mistake.  We just have to be willing to come to Him in all of our shame, and He will be there waiting for us with open arms ready to remake us.  How amazing is that!?!

"Therefore , if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come. All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation."

2 Corinthians 5:17-19

No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

Philippians 3:13-14