This song was one of Gabe's favorite songs. He said it summed up his past life with his birth parents/family and the truth he came to know after coming to live with us....that he was treasured, sacred, beautiful, etc. The lyrics were so encouraging to him.
Days will come when you don't have the strength
And all you hear is you're not worth anything
Wondering if you ever could be loved
And if they truly saw your heart
They'd see too much
You're beautiful, You're beautiful
You are made for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful, You're beautiful
You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His
You're beautiful
Praying that you have the heart to fight
Cuz you are more than what is hurting you tonight
For all the lies you've held inside so long
But they are nothing in the shadow of the cross
You're beautiful, You're beautiful
You are made for so much more than all of this
You're beautiful, You're beautiful
You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His
You're beautiful
Before you ever took a breath
Long before the world began
Of all the wonders He possessed
There was one more precious
Of all the earth and skies above
You're the one He madly loves
Enough to die!
You're beautiful, You're beautiful
In His eyes
When Gabe came to live with us he didn't truly know how beautiful he was. How treasured he was. He felt useless, unloved....unlovable. He truly didn't think anyone could love someone as worthless as he was. How sad to me that someone as wonderful as Gabe had to live feeling worthless, unloved, unwanted. He said there were days when he would repeat something we had told him over and over to himself all day long...."God has great things in store for you....just you wait and see!". He said these words kept him from killing himself many times the last (hopeless) months of his life before he came to live with us in 2010.
Gabe was beautiful! Even if on the outside he had human flaws....HE WAS BEAUTIFUL! His heart was beautiful, his smile was beautiful, his desire's in life were beautiful. God created him beautiful! I can't even begin to say how thankful I am that he left this world knowing he was loved, cherished, wanted, cared for and that above all else GOD LOVED HIM!
that is a great picture of Gabe... my heart just aches thinking of all the pain he went through in life... way more than anyone should ever have to endure!
ReplyDeleteI knew Gabe as a little boy. He was always happy and joyful. As a little Awana cubbie, he always wore a huge smile, so I'm really sad that his life was so tough. We lost track of the family after they left Ohio.
ReplyDeleteI knew Gabe as a little boy. He was always happy and joyful. As a little Awana cubbie, he always wore a huge smile, so I'm really sad that his life was so tough. We lost track of the family after they left Ohio.
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