I Am New

These are the lyrics from one of my new favorite songs, I Am New by Jason Gray. While these lyrics may mean very different things to different people, to me they are just what I need at this moment, as I beat myself up about "things". Maybe they'll minister to you as well...

Now I won’t deny the worst you could say about me

But I’m not defined by mistakes that I’ve made because God says of me

I am not who I was, I am being remade, I am new

I am chosen and holy and I’m dearly loved, I am new, I am new

Who I thought I was and who I thought I had to be

I had to give them both up cause neither were willing to ever believe

Too long I have lived in the shadows of shame

Believing that there was no way I could change

But the one who is making everything new doesn’t see me the way that I do

He doesn’t see me the way that I do

I am not who I was, I am being remade, I am new

Dead to the old man, I’m coming alive, I am new, I am new

Forgiven beloved, hidden in Christ

Made in the image of the Giver of Life

Righteous and holy, reborn and remade

Accepted and worthy, this is our new name

This is who we are now

If you want to watch the video, here you go. Jason Gray, "I Am New".