I AM JUST BEAUTIFUL ME...

Every once in a while I discover a new song and spend about several hours straight listening to that song over and over.  Well, it's almost 8pm, I sat down at 7pm, and I don't intend switching songs until at least 9pm.  You do that math.  Ok, I'll do the math...that would be 2 hrs.  (I don't want to discourage any of you nonmath-type from the get-go.)

Tonight's selection...Miss Selena Gomez with "Who Says."  It's songs like this that makes me wish I had an 8 year old daughter.  Don't worry future daughter, I will most certainly force you to listen to this.  It's one of those songs where you're like, YES, that's SO true.  It's one of those songs where you can see seeds of the Kingdom.  Now before you go listening to this song and pointing out every line that you disagree with and wondering what in the world I was thinking, know that I haven't considered EVERY aspect of this song.  I am just saying the heart of this song has some really good stuff.  Check it out...I recommend listening to the song while you read the lyrics.  She puts some little "nana's" in there that are a fun little musical addition =)

 Listen to Song Here...



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I wouldn't want to be anybody else.

You made me insecure.
Told me I wasn't good enough.
But who are you to judge,
When you're a diamond in the rough.
I'm sure you got some things,
You'd like to change about yourself.
But when it comes to me,
I wouldn't want to be anybody else.

I'm no beauty queen,
I'm just beautiful me.

[You've got every right,
To a beautiful life.]

WHO SAYS?
WHO SAYS you're not perfect?
WHO SAYS you're not worth it?
WHO SAYS you're the only one that's hurting?
Trust me,
That's the price of beauty.
WHO SAYS you're not pretty?
WHO SAYS you're not beautiful?
WHO SAYS?


It's such a funny thing,
How nothing's funny when it's you.
You tell 'em what you mean,
But they keep whiting out the truth.

[It's like a work of art,
That never gets to see the light .
Keep you beneath the stars,
Won't let you touch the sky.]


I'm no beauty queen,
I'm just beautiful me. 

[You've got every right,
To a beautiful life.]  


WHO SAYS?
WHO SAYS you're not perfect?
WHO SAYS you're not worth it?
WHO SAYS you're the only one that's hurting?
Trust me,
That's the price of beauty.
WHO SAYS you're not pretty?
WHO SAYS you're not beautiful?
WHO SAYS?

WHO SAYS you're not star potential?
WHO SAYS you're not presidential?
WHO SAYS you can't be in movies?
Listen to me, listen to me...
WHO SAYS you don't pass the test?
WHO SAYS you can't be the best?
WHO SAID, WHO SAID...?
Won't you tell me WHO SAID that?
WHO SAID?  
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If I'm honest...there are certainly days when I don't feel good enough.  When I don't feel worth it.  But I'm glad to know that feelings are not always truth.  Praise God.  How many times are we the ones saying these things to ourselves?  Telling ourselves we aren't worth it.  Telling ourselves we're not good enough.  Telling ourselves we're not beautiful (whether inside or out).  "WHO SAID?"...certainly wasn't the Father.  We need to listen to the Truth.  

I love the emphasis on who we are in this song.  I hope to daily reinforce the heart of this message in the life of the young ladies I encounter.  You too future daughter.  I'd say more, but I think Selena and the text modifications speak for themselves. 


So Miss Selena, thanks for downloading some Kingdom today.  
Lesson learned.  
I am just beautiful me.