Natalie Grant has been on my iTunes for months now but I haven't listened to the album. I'm at a coffee shop with Rach doing work stuff and decided to listen to Ms. Grant. Wow. Powerful, beautiful music. I'm struck by the words of The Real Me. How freeing to know that God knows the real me. Read and ponder.

Foolish heart, looks like we're here again.
Same old game of plastic smile,
Don't let anybody in.
Hiding my heartache,
Will this glass house break?
How much will it take before I'm empty?
Do I let it show?
Does anybody know?

CHORUS:
But You see the real me.
Hiding in my skin, broken from within.
Unveil me completely.
I'm loosening my grasp,
There's no need to mask my frailty
Cause You see the real me.

Painted on, life is behind a mask,
Self-inflicted circus clown.
I'm tired of the song and dance,
Living a charade, always on parade.
What a mess I've made of my existence.
But You love me even now
And still I see somehow...

Wonderful, beautiful is what you see
When You look at me.
You're turning the tattered fabric of my life
Into a perfect tapestry.
Oh, I just wanna be me,
I wanna be me.

and you love me just as i am.
wonderful, beautiful is what you see
when you look at me.