Belovedness (Official Music Video) – Sarah Kroger
Sarah Kroger released the official music video for her latest single “Belovedness” which can be viewed below. “Belovedness” was co-written with Michael Farren, Tony Wood, and Ben Shive.
“It was written last year, recorded months ago, and the release date was picked weeks ago. I didn’t post about it then, and to be honest, I wasn’t sure when I would,” Kroger shared on social media when speaking about the message of her new song. “I didn’t want to add to the noise unless it would add to the conversation. Then yesterday, I heard a homily by my friend Fr Mike Schmitz and felt convicted that there’s a message in this song for today. While the song isn’t explicitly about racism, it is about the belovedness that each one of us shares.”
Kroger added, “This song was written as a reminder that beloved is our identity. There is nothing we’ve done, no mistake we’ve made, nothing that’s been done to us that can take that away. But this is not simply so that we can feel good, sit back and receive. Beloved is not just our identity, it’s our instruction. Be loved and be love.”
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LYRICS
You’ve owned your fear and all your self-loathing
You’ve owned the voices inside of your head
You’ve owned the shame and reproach of your failure
It’s time to own your belovedness
You’ve owned your past and how it’s defined you
You’ve owned ev’rything everybody else says
It’s time to hear what your Father has spoken
It’s time to own your belovedness
He says you’re mine
I smiled when I made you
I find you beautiful in ev’ry way
My love for you is fierce and unending
I’ll come to find you, whatever it takes
My beloved
You’ve owned the mess you see in the mirror
You’ve owned the lies that you’re just not enough
You’re been so blinded by all you’re comparing
It’s time to own your belovedness
You are completely loved and fully known
Beloved, believe He died to make your heart His home
