Shunned At A Funeral — Beautiful Now

I was dust in the corners
Ashes in the rain
I wore all my wounds
Like it was my name
I learned how to smile
With cracks in my crown
Calling myself living
While bleeding out loud
Left trying to stitch worth
From the scraps
I had left
Measured my value
By who
I impressed
I carried my guilt
Like a second skin
Every mirror
Reminded me where
I'd been
But then you spoke mercy
Where shame used to breathe
You called me beloved before
I believed
You didn't erase me
You didn't pretend
You stepped in the wreckage
And singing
And called me your friend
I don't shine because
I'm strong
I don't stand because
I'm clean
I'm beautiful now
Because you loved me first
I'm covered in grace
Not my goodness or or
I'm wearing your righteousness
Not my old broken vows
I was lost
I was ruined
But, I'm beautiful now
I don't hide my story
I don't fear my past
You turned all my fractures to stained glass at last
Every scar is a window
Where mercy comes through
I'm not what
I was
I'm a miracle you knew
I don't sing because
I'm proud
I sing because
I've been redeemed.
I'm beautiful now
Because you loved me first
I'm covered in grace
Not my goodness
Or worth
I'm wearing your righteousness
Not my old broken vows
I was lost.
I was ruined
But, I'm beautiful now
You saw me in the dark and you didn't
Turn away.
And singing
You called me by a new name on my worst day.
If beauty had a voice, it
Would sound like grace.
And grace looks like you
Looking at my face
I'm beautiful now
Because you loved me first
I'm covered in grace
Not my goodness or worth
I'm wearing your righteousness
Not my old broken vows
I was lost, I was ruined but
I'm beautiful now
I'm beautiful now
BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME FIRST
I'M COVERED IN GRACE
Not my goodness or worth
I'm wearing your righteousness
Not my own broken vows
And singing
I was lost
I was ruined but
I'm beautiful now