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beautiful ?'s - Christ's Reply by ~hebrewgift:iconhebrewgift:





What makes me beautiful to you?
Everything about you, precious darling - if only you knew.
Would I still be beautiful if I was made new?
The sun and the stars would not hold candle to you
What about me caught your eye, turned your head?
I've watched you since before you were concieved, by my hand you were led
Was it something I did, or something I said?
I wrote a letter about it, read my answer in red
Was it my beauty, in the shape of my face?
I made you as you are, unique and perfect among your race.
Was it my patience, or was it my grace?
For who you are. I am perfecting you as I teach you new ways
Was it my hair, my smile or my eyes?
Each is beautiful, my daughter; but those are but a guise
Was it the way, that I asked why?
It was how you turned back to me, after you made me cry
Am I beautiful, so far from perfect?
If you were the only one among the millions, it still would be worth it
Am I still beautiful, in an emotional wreck?
You teardrops are all noticed, I keep your pain in check
Am I beautiful, even when I regress and move forward again?
You are beautiful, growing, now, I'll make your beauty times ten!
Am I beautiful, when I write with my paper and pen?
Though you can't see what they're doing now, it will make you smile then
Am I beautiful, when I have no make-up on?
I formed your face and made your flesh, your eyes are like the dawn.
Am I beautiful, when I sing my own songs?
Yes!  I love your music!  Would you sing the one "to him belongs"?
Am I still beautiful, when I'm broken?
You take my breath then, more than ever.  This healing is my token
And I cry over again and again?
I'm your comfort and your lover, your tears to me are gems
What makes me beautiful, no lie?
My love for you makes you beautiful, you want truth? For you I'd die.
Is it my superficial outside?
I made your body beautiful, but will change, just like the tide
-Or is it the real me inside?
The real you is who you are in me, your beauty is what you gave and how you tried.
©2004-2009 ~hebrewgift
:iconhebrewgift:

Author's Comments

The foundation for this poem came from ~ greekbutterfly7 A new poet on DA that I highly respect - if you're not watching her already, I really reccomend that you do.

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it started when I found the original poem, and realized that I couldn't answer those questions myself - without turning aside from the truth, without making a fool of myself. I try to love "her" for who she is, because Christ loved her first, but simply fail. so I started asking myself, "how can I answer this more like Christ would?" How would Christ answer those questions? as I thought about it, I realized that I wanted to finish writing the answers, and share what I came up with with others.

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I wrote this on how I thought Christ might answer her questions, and tried to make it flow a little bit.
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:iconjanel4christ:
Wow! I love it. Good job. After reading that, my love for the Lord grows each time I read it. :)

Rachel
:iconhebrewgift:
Awww; Thank you and thank you again! It's my dream to write something that will bring others closer to God. I look forward to seeing something from you someday soon!

-Matt-

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... for once, we feel as though we can love ourselves, and sometimes we grow to understand ourselves through that other person, but then we also want to make excuses for them when they aren't the right person or have flaws
:iconmusicobsessed:
Nice! You two are brilliant. Nice steal, Fil.

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"maybe you'll be president and know right from wrong,
or in the flood you'll build an ark and sail us to the moon"
:iconpennylanechic:
absolutely wonderful------ very touching actually i'm going to add it has fave just because it really connected to me--- i love the answers to the questions :-) , God truly is mazing isn't He?---- i loved the line about reading his answers in red, very clever---- well-written and i really just loved it through and through............ fave +

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"The greatest dream of all, no make that the greatest hope of all, is to constantly reawaken to life."
- Peruvian Proverb
:icongreekbutterfly7:
I want to leave some kind of comment that expresses how I feel when I read this, but there are no words. I could read it all day every day and I would never tire of it. I think its so~o touching to me, that I cannot think of anything to say. It took my breath away and made me cry. This piece moved me so much! This is just so completely beautiful and wonderful and amazing. THIS IS SKILL!!!! I just love it over and over again and again. Of course I favor it! And I will be constantly reading it. It really is an encouragement to me Matthew! Gosh, the way that you worded every single one of those responses is just so....right, and perfect, to make this piece shine a 1,000x brighter! *smiles* beings that I cannot think of anything good enough to say to compliment this piece, I'll just get going! God bless! r2p!!!! :hug:
:iconhebrewgift:
hehehe! It wasn't really a steal, I asked her first. But you're right, it doesn't take as much mental sweat to add onto something someone else has already wrote, all you have to do is try not to step on their toes and try to keep somewhat of the same tone... here it was easy because it was someone else speaking, so the tone was allowed to be different, and actually supposed to be different. and the toes part was easy because it was answering questions!

but thank you so much! Be sure to tell Vanessa that you liked it too!

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... for once, we feel as though we can love ourselves, and sometimes we grow to understand ourselves through that other person, but then we also want to make excuses for them when they aren't the right person or have flaws
:iconmurfq:
Wow! This is beautiful! You and Vanessa are two of my favourite poets here on DA. You two should work together more often. I love this. Beautiful answers to questions we all wonder about at times. :+fav:
:iconhebrewgift:
Wow, that was such a huge compliment!!! Thank you!!!

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... for once, we feel as though we can love ourselves, and sometimes we grow to understand ourselves through that other person, but then we also want to make excuses for them when they aren't the right person or have flaws
:iconelfgirlkimmy:
I love it. Nicely done. Your two similar talents work well together here. ^.^ Lovely.

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If I were cashews, I'd be nuts. <3
:iconhebrewgift:
thanks Kimmy!

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... for once, we feel as though we can love ourselves, and sometimes we grow to understand ourselves through that other person, but then we also want to make excuses for them when they aren't the right person or have flaws

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