The Lost Get Found by Britt Nicole

V.1
Hello my friend
I remember when you were
So alive with your wide eyes
Then the light that you had in your heart was stolen
Now you say that it ain't worth stayin'
You wanna run but you're hesitatin'
I'm talkin' to me

Ch.
Don't let your lights go down
Don't let your fire burn out
'Cause somewhere, somebody needs a reason to believe
Why don't you rise up now?
Don't be afraid to stand out
That's how the lost get found
The lost get found

V.2
So when you get the chance
Are you gonna take it?
There's a really big world at your fingertips
And you know you have the chance to change it
There's a girl on the streets, she's cryin'
There's a man whose faith is dyin'
Love is calling you

Ch.
Don't let your lights go down
Don't let your fire burn out
'Cause somewhere, somebody needs a reason to believe
Why don't you rise up now?
Don't be afraid to stand out
That's how the lost get found
The lost get found

Bridge:
Why do we go with the flow
Or take an easier road?
Why are we playin' it safe?
Love came to show us the way
Love is a chance we should take
I'm movin' out of the way

Don't let your lights go down
Don't let your fire burn out
'Cause somewhere, somebody needs a reason to believe
Don't let your lights go down
Don't let your fire burn out
'Cause somewhere, somebody needs a reason to believe
Why don't you rise up now?
Don't be afraid to stand out
That's how the lost get found
The lost get found

So when you get the chance
Are you gonna take it?
There's a really big world at your fingertips
And you know you have the chance to change it

A More Beautiful You by Johnny Diaz

V. 1
Little girl, fourteen, flipping through a magazine,
Says she wants to look that way.
But her hair isn't straight, her body isn't fake,
And she's always felt overweight.
Little girl, fourteen, I wish that you could see
The beauty is within your heart.
And you were made with such care
Your skin, your body, and your hair
Are perfect just the way they are.

Ch.
There could never be a more beautiful you.
Don't buy the lies, disguises, and hoops they make you jump through.
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do.
So there could never be a more beautiful you.

V. 2
Little girl, twenty-one, the things that you've already done,
Anything to get ahead.
And you say you've got a man, but he's got another plan
He only wants what you'll do instead.
Well little girl, twenty-one, you never thought this would come,
You starve yourself to play the part.
But I can promise you there's a man who's love is true,
And He'll treat you like the jewel you are.

Ch.
There could never be a more beautiful you.
Don't buy the lies, disguises, and hoops they make you jump through.
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do.
So there could never be a more beautiful you.

Bridge:
So turn around, you're not too far
To back away, be who you are,
To change your path, go another way.
It's not too late, you can be saved.
If you feel depressed with past regrets,
The shameful nights hope to forget
Can disappear, they can all be washed away
By the One who's strong, can right your wrongs
Can ride your fears, dry all your tears,
And change the way you look at this big world.
He will take your dark, distorted view
And with His light, He will show you truth
And again you'll see through the eyes of a little girl.

Ch.
There could never be a more beautiful you.
Don't buy the lies, disguises, and hoops they make you jump through.
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do.
So there could never be a more beautiful you.
There could never be a more beautiful you...

Verse of the Day!

Psalm 103:1-5 -

Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

Praise the LORD, all my soul, and forget not all his benefits -

who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,

who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

What I've been up to.

So...the second week of college is over! Homework has piled up. :(

This week has been really good for me. God's been working in my life to stretch my comfort zone and learn to trust Him.

For example, I struggle with meeting new people. So I tend toward fear of man. I'm afraid of what people might think of me...their first impressions of me. I don't want to say something stupid. So God has really stretched me in this area. First, He has brought a bunch of guys into my life. Yes, through M28. It took me awhile to become comfortable talking to them (believe it or not, the world is made up of girls AND guys!). So I've grown in that area.

And then just being the first to introduce myself to somebody. Initiating the conversation. He has done this through my college classes, when I'm seated next to people I don't know. And also at the M28 big meeting. That was an excellent starter situation, because the point of the big meetings is to greet and meet visitors.

And also with the ODs, we have to knock on doors and it's a little scary doing that for the first time. I didn't know how the students would react. But God got me through the first OD!

I'm so glad, though, that God is working in me like this! It's exciting to know that He's shaping me to become stronger in my weaknesses.
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Corinthians 12:9

I anticipate all that the Lord is going to do this year in college and M28. It's so exciting to see God work!!! Praise Him!

In His Grip,
*Mel