"I love you to the moon and back..."

Unless you have been hiding under a rock the past few years, you have heard of the musical Wicked...And, basically, if you are a girl, you have identified with these lyrics...


"She who's winsome, she wins him
Gold hair with a gentle curl
That's the girl he chose
And Heaven knows
I'm not that girl

Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart
I wasn't born for the rose and the pearl
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
I'm not that girl..."

Sometimes when I listen to this song, I just sit and cry. I think about all the times that I have liked a boy so so so much, and then he ended up with the tall, pretty blonde (with a gentle curl)instead...and I was left saying, "That's the girl he chose, and heaven knows, I'm not that girl..." It hurts. It breaks you. It makes your heart fill with thoughts straight from Satan's mouth...

Words like:
You will never be good enough.
You just aren't as pretty as the other girls...
No guy will ever want you...
You will be the old lady with cats one day...
I don't know why you even try...Just give up.
No one will ever treasure you, love you, fight for you, or pray for you. That's for the pretty girls...
Your dream of a man after God's heart is only a dream...nothing more.
God doesn't have good plans for you...He doesn't.
You are nothing but ashes to Him. Why can't you understand that?


And it leaves you defeated. Until Sweet Jesus frees your heart with His words of truth...His words wash over the lies that bind your soul...He says,

"You are My bride...The one who I gave my life for so that you could come before my Father in a white dress. I've washed you clean...For you, I bleed Myself dry. I am jealous for you... More than you know. My anger towards the things that take you from Me is endless. I will show no mercy towards those things... Nothing can snatch you from My hand--no money, nothing...I am here, always. I am fighting for you...(Prov. 6:32-35) You are beautiful. You aren't good enough without me... A part from me, you are nothing but ashes... BUT, I make beauty from the ashes (Isaiah 61:3). I am enough for you...live your life fully satisfied in ME, and one day, I will bring a long a companion for you...One who I have picked for you...To show you a picture of My love for you...I have a plan...Trust me. Trust me. Your dreams and desires are safe with Me...Trust me. I love you to the moon and back..."