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For them-not ME

visioncgbc | March 25, 2008 11:16

I'm 2 days away from the trip and very excited. The trip meaning "Music City USA". I wrote and demo'd a song that may be used for the next Beauty Within Seminar. It's called "Dying to Be Beautiful." The first verse is about Holly. That's right the brains behind The annual Beauty Within Seminar. Good grief, can you believe this will be the 6th? If you don't know about Beauty Within, it's a seminar for youth aged girls to motivate them to cultivate their inner beauty as well as encourage them what beauty looks like in the eyes of God. It's a wonderful day for all involved. The sad part is the fact that Holly as well as myself, and maybe others involved struggle with the very thing we're trying to help others be free from! Self image. So when I wrote this song, I had to write the first verse about Holly. (But don't tell her ok. She never reads my blogs) So this is the song that I plan to have critiqued at Saturday's conference.

Well, wouldn't you know it? This song is now going through the refining pot to test and see if it's real. Three of the most gynormous zits on this planet, actually they are their own planets have appeared on my face!!!! UUGGHH!! Are you kidding me!!?? So, I want to crawl in the biggest hole ever, but can't, 'cause I gotta pack for Nashville. I went to try and get some different gels and such to smear on my face. Didn't the Lord know when I wrote this song, it was for them not me? Ha! What happens if these don't go away? Am I still a songwriter? A Vision teacher? Am I still an acceptable person? I don't feel like I am, but I am. I feel like Job, I swear I do. I'm just waiting for the dogs (my only friends) to come and lick my wounds, and I'll scrape my zit with a piece of broken pottery.

But you know what? This just gives me more of a heart for exactly what this song is about. I Samuel 16 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

I'm hoping that the link I'm posting will work. If you can click on it, then play the first song on the player that comes up.

http://www.shoutlife.com/profile_view.cfm?uid=78583