I bought and downloaded the new Matthew West CD, The Story of Your Life, on Friday. I still haven’t had the chance to listen to it the whole way through, but I had heard several of the released singles and the stories behind them and on Saturday I heard the song Broken Girl and it tugged at my heart and brought tears to my eyes.
I’m going to let the video and lyrics speak for themselves:
Look what he’s done to you
It isn’t fair
Your light was bright and new
But he didn’t care
He took the heart of a little girl
And made it grow up too fast
Now words like innocence
Don’t mean a thing
You hear the music play
But you can’t sing
Those pictures in your mind
Keep you locked up inside your past
This is a song for the broken girl
The one pushed aside by the cold, cold world
You are
Hear me when I say
You’re not the worthless they made you feel
There is a Love they can never steal away
And you don’t have to stay the broken girl
Those damaged goods you see
In your reflection
Love sees them differently
Love sees perfection
A beautiful display
Of healing on the way tonight
Tonight
Look what he’s done to you
It isn’t fair
Your light was bright and new
But he didn’t care
He took the heart of a little girl
And made it grow up too fast
Now words like innocence
Don’t mean a thing
You hear the music play
But you can’t sing
Those pictures in your mind
Keep you locked up inside your past
This is a song for the broken girl
The one pushed aside by the cold, cold world
You are
Hear me when I say
You’re not the worthless they made you feel
There is a Love they can never steal away
And you don’t have to stay the broken girl, girl
You don’t have to stay the broken girl, girl
Let your tears touch the ground
Lay all your shattered pieces down
And be amazed by how Grace can take a broken girl
And put her back together again
This is a song for the broken girl
The one pushed aside by the cold, cold world
You are
Hear me when I say
You’re not the worthless they made you feel
There is a Love they can never steal away
And you don’t have to stay the broken girl, girl
You don’t have to stay the broken girl, girl
Honestly, I can relate to being a broken girl, but praise God, I’m not broken anymore! I have been restored, I know my worth and value comes from God and that I am forever loved by the Creator of the universe!
More importantly, when I heard this song, I saw the faces of the women and children who are trapped in the sex trade. They are broken girls who have had their innocence stolen, but what I am so excited about is being able to reach, love on and share the hope I have found in Jesus – to share the power of His blood, the restoration I have found in His loving arms.
Their destiny is not to be broken and I know that God is going to give us boldness to make sure they know it!
