I Am New by Joel Hanson

What If It Is by Joel Hanson

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I Am New
by Joel Hanson

Album: What If It Is

You can give me a name
Call me whatever you like
Or weigh me down with shame
To crush me but you won't
My burdens are light

CHORUS:
I am not who I was
I am being remade
I am new, I am new
I am chosen and holy
And I'm dearly loved
I am new, I am new

Now I won't deny
The worst you could say about me
But I'm not defined
By mistakes that I've made
Because God says of me

(Chorus)

Too long have I lived
In the shadow of shame
Believing that there was
No way I could change
But the one who is making
Everything new
Doesn't see me the way that I do

Who I thought I was
And who I thought I had to be
I had to give them both up
Because neither were willing to ever believe

(Chorus)

Forgiven, beloved, hidden with Christ
Made in the image of the one who gives life
Righteous and holy, reborn and remade
Of all things we're worthy
This is our new name

This is who we are now...