Belovedness

 We are Beloved Children who are having parts of our Story crafted in the scrapbook of our testimony to know that when we feel down and out, we can be reminded that we are deeply loved in God's Love. We see that He's Loving us through that no matter what we know God can turn our shattered and broken pieces into something Beautiful. Colossians 3 verse 12, 1 John 4 verse 7-8, 1 John 3 verse 1-2, Matthew 17 verse 5, 3 John 1 verse 1-2, 1 John 4 verse 1-3, 1 John 4 verse 7, Jude 1 verse 1-3, Luke 3 verse 22, Matthew 12 verse 18, 1 John 3 verse 2, Ephesians 1 verse 6, 1 John 4 verse 11, 1 Thessalonians 1 verse 4, Philippians 2 verse 12, Ephesians 5 verse 1, Romans 5 verse 8, John 3:16.

I want to share Belovedness by Sarah Kroger. The lyrics of the song I want to share is this:   You've owned the mess you see in the mirror, You've owned the lies that you're just not enough, You've been so blinded by all you're comparing, It's time to own your belovedness, He says, "You're mine, I smiled when I made you, I find you beautiful in every way, My love for you is fierce and unending, I'll come to find you, whatever it takes My beloved", You are completely loved and fully known, Beloved, believe He died to make your heart His home And He says, "You're mine, I smiled when I made you, I find you beautiful in every way, My love for you is fierce and unending, I'll come to find you, whatever it takes". 

For God so loved The world that He gave us, His one and only Son to save us, Whoever believes in Him, Will live forever, Bring all your failures, Bring your addictions, Come lay them down, At the foot of the cross, Jesus is waiting there With open arms, See His open arms, For God so loved, The world that He gave us, His one and only Son to save us, Whoever believes in Him, Will live forever. 

How beautiful the hands that served, The wine and the bread and the sons of the earth, How beautiful the feet that walked, The long dusty roads and the hill to the cross, How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful
Is the body of Christ, How beautiful the heart that bled, That took all my sin and bore it instead, How beautiful the tender eyes, That choose to forgive and never despise, How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful, Is the body of Christ, And as he lay down his life, We offer this sacrifice, That we will live just as he died, Willing to pay the price, Willing to pay the price, How beautiful the radiant bride, Who waits for her groom with his light in her eyes, How beautiful when humble hearts give, The fruit of pure lives so that others may live, How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful Is the body of Christ, How beautiful the feet that bring, The sound of good news and the love of the King, How beautiful the hands that serve, The wine and the bread and the sons of the Earth, How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful Is the body of Christ.

In all of this, we see how God shows how beautiful our testimonies are, how beautiful we are from the outside in, and not the inside out. We see how God gives us the power to be children who want to be loved and accepted for who we are and not who the enemy thinks we should be. We know we can show that love and that unending love that can be fierce and unending and God is Love over all things. God is the greatest of loves there is. God helps us to know that we don't have to be afraid to receive His Love that He wants to give us and accept, to know that greater are these than those who would lay down his life for a friend.

Our God is going to give us what we need and no matter what He's going to Love with where we are.

I want to end on this quote tonight because I feel it's important to share. Your Belovedness perceded your birth. I wanted to end on this quote because I wanted us to be reminded our Testimony is far from over.