MercyMe - Dear Younger Me (Official Lyric Video)
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2016
- From the album "Welcome To The New"
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Dear Younger Me. I remember what happened between my parents. They divorced. But look at me now? Going to 6th grade. Having the best life. Having amazing grades. Having a loving family. I'm thankful it never affected me. Thank you Lord for all what you have given me. And I hope whoever is reading this stays safe during this pandemic. Take ur time of the day to thank the Lord! 💞🙏
Awhhh I'm so happy for you! I pray for all your best in life! 💞
same
The one thing in life is acceptance, it sucks but i look back on it know and I wasted to much time trying to change others,god bless it seems like you are strong.
@@TheMenzy321 agreed
Blessed!💖🙏
Dear younger me, you brothers suicide was never your burden to carry, you could not have stopped it. All of the abuse your mother gave you was not your fault. You could never fix your mom. It was not your job to fix her. God will redeem your miscarriage. You will have the daughter you dreamed of and she will be awesome!
You made me cry... Thanks for the encouragement you share 😍😍😍😍
Wow. So powerful. Hits home. God bless you
bless your heart. May the Lord hold you in His mercy and compassion
I hug you and may God bless you now and every single day for the rest of your life until the time to join him comes…
Amen God's Allmighty
Dear younger me, I'm glad you didnt end it all. I'm glad you got through your suicidal thoughts and depression. I'm glad you realized who you were through Christ, and did your best to help others. 💛
Edit: If you are going through something right now or are having trouble overcoming your past, turn to God. He will never leave you and he loves you unconditionally. There are people who have gone through worse situations than I have, but you too can get past it. Praying for all of you 🙏
Add me! After about a half of a century of fighting, I'm glad I'm still here> Once in 2008 and on April 26 of this year. Thanks for your post
Most important Thanks To Jesus that there was devine intervention!
I really needed this!! amen 🙏
Thank you
Blessed 💖🙏
Dear younger me,
God is the reason why you still here. Don't worry, God is with you from your first breath until your last. You will lose many people in your life but don't let Jesus be one of those. Future is scary, yet full of surprises because God is making His own way for you to be secured.
Don't worry, God is with you.
Love this song. Dear Younger Me, I'm glad you didn't give up, and I'm glad you found love, and that love is Jesus Christ. ❤
like this if you cried :' )
+savedbygrace I'm crying right now....
Amen Jesus is Awesome.
:)
k
Dear younger me, your dad walking away from you isn't your fault. You are not rejected, God loves you and you are sorrounded by people that love you.
I went through life trying to numb the pain of an abusive childhood I almost drank myself to death and every single time Jesus was there even when I cursed him even when I denied him he was waiting on me to come to him. I am 76 days sober and newly walking with Jesus I declare in his name my life is his my children and my husband is his!!! It’s never too late !
Absolutely! God bless & strengthen & comfort you always Sister! We can always renew our minds, hearts & spirits in him everyday! Take care ❤️👍🙏💯💐❤️
This is a fantastic song,timeless
Well done 👍 It’s an ongoing Journey dear!! I recommend Gabor Mate , Matt Kahn , Marisa Peer these are the examples of who I benefited from! Gabor Mate will make you understand so much! Congratulations on looking after your inner child. I hope you find this useful and May you be blessed 🙏
Glad you made it.
God will be the source of your strength!! He will strengthen you.
my dad shared this song with me, and he died on january 1 2022 and it just brings me a feeling of happiness listening to this song
"You were never meant to carry this beyond the cross" Amen!!! All of our mistakes, wrong doings, short comings, bad decisions, committing sin we don't have to walk around feeling guilty" Amen! Dear younger me, oh the things I would change but we live and we learn.
dear younger me you are an overcomer
So true!
Frank West what it means is that once you take your burdens to the cross, you leave them there. you don't pick them back up
Valjermayne AMEN 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
it's not on us to carry it on harder but to enjoy the he got our backs and when were down Christ is helping pick us back up and walking taller stronger in his embrace and love
Dear whom ever this may reach. May your days be filled with peace and joy. May Jesus Christ reign as LORD of your life. May you be pleased and satisfied in Him. His love endures forever. GOD will get you through this battle. Listen to me. He already knows you ARE going to make it. This is temporary. I love you ALL. In JESUS CHRIST MIGHTY NAME. AMEN. ❤
AMEN GLORY TO THE KING ❤
"Dear younger me, its not your fault, you were never meant to carry this beyond the cross." Ugh I love this song so much
This song makes me bawl. It moves my soul. I relate to the lyrics Bart writes.
Especially "it's not your fault". My mother was mentally ill, it passed down to myself and w siblings.
Chronic depression, fear, anxiety,self loathing, robbed me of my youth, and continues to plague me at 57.
Saved by Grace and born again in Christ, I am alive today.
Thank you Bart & MercyMe for this song.☝
42 years of poor choices and mistakes. No more!!! Thank you, God for never giving up on me.
Keep going buddy :)
Bless you I am so glad you are here and I am glad whoever is reading this is still here Jesus loves you personally everyone😊💕 He knows your pain and can heal you from it if you let Him :) Accept Jesus today, for today is the day of salvation! :) Repent, turn to Jesus:)
May the LORD bless you Deborah. Walk in His ways and seek to do His will. Praise Him and look for Him daily.
Amen, and praise the Lord!!
All of those sins wearing you down , all of your mistakes , past , present and future , thinking you are not good enough , that you are a failure . That God's vengeance is going to come and destroy your life . All of that was nailed to the cross with Jesus , those things died and Christ was raised . Hallelujah!
Dear Younger me…it will get better,holding on to God is the way❤️
I'm only 18, good life. But there's still some sadness I have, just living in this world. This song helps...
I was abused by a church member when I was three. I buried the memory. Then as a teenager I was the fat nerd who would never stick up for myself. I have been in fear all my life, I never knew the love of God. Then about 3 years ago my wife talked me into church. One the way home I heard this song. We saw you guys last year in Ontario, California. I cried all through this song. Thank you for letting us all know. That is was not our fault, and reminding us that we are "free indeed".
I am sorry for your past pain, I too suffered from sexual abuse, God gave me many second chances. May God soften our hearts to the point where we no longer will need a second chance. I pray all Christians endure until the end. I pray that the whole world be given new hearts by Jesus Christ!
How are you doing? I hope you’re doing good💖
Keep repeating/meditating on Jesus’ command to Jairus and his wife:
‘DO NOT BE AFRAID, JUST HAVE FAITH’
Bless you, I am sorry you went through that. Please listen to preachers on youtube such as Dan Mohler, Kenneth Hagin and Todd white. Stay blessed, I believe these preachers will help you immensely.
Jesus loves you, I am very sorry that happened to you. I can relate to your pain. Bless you I am so glad you are here and I am glad whoever is reading this is still here Jesus loves you personally everyone😊💕 He knows your pain and can heal you from it if you let Him :) Accept Jesus today, for today is the day of salvation! :) Repent, turn to Jesus:)
My daughter suggested this song after church yest. She didn't know it, but this song solved something I've been struggling with lately. Thank you MercyMe.
Dear me I hope you come and read this later some time. You’re 14 now and you’ve joined colorguard. Today is July 24, 2021 it’s Saturday and on Monday you’ll go to the band camp. I hope you enjoy your time and stop caring what people think. You’ll start high school in the fall I hope that you’re proud and disciplined. Do good in all you do and be amazing. Continue with God everywhere you go. Jesus is everything. Jesus is the only one who gives peace. Love, Adelaide 🥰😘😍
June 22 2024 I've Prayed you accomplished all this And Striving to be the change. Special young lady Blessings
Hi thank you so much! 😊 I’m 17 now and so much has happened and changed. Wow I can’t believe it. Life was so different then lol
Dear younger me thank you for not taking your life at such young age - thank you Jesus 🙏🏼🥺 this song means allot to me 🙏🏼
I'm so thankful that you are here with us today Hugo! :-)
This got me chills bc I was u when I was 14 I almost took my own life bc I was tired of my mom suffering bc she got stage 4 cancer in 2020 before Covid happened then she got it again in 2021 and still has it she just got her feeding tube 1 week ago when I turn 15 something bad happened it was not family but Um if I say it u would call me a monster and go to hell and hope I will die rn but I don’t feel comfortable saying it I did say it in a comment 1 month ago I hope I would find that comment but I know god give me 2nd chance in life I just want to explore life travel the states “freedom is key” -dantdfd
Would have taken the wrong one😘
I came from a single parent alcohol ,drugs abuse,till 18 and repeated what i lived found God at 35 God holds My hand💖🙏💪
Dear Younger Me.....you were NEVER meant to carry this beyond the cross......thank you that just spoke so deep to my heart. I have allowed the hurts and pains from my childhood to follow this far.
So many of us have!
me too! :( No more!!
I definitely agree; I feel the same way☺️❤️
That's the exact line that got me too.. of course, I love the whole song but that one line was like woahh
Guess the past scars from our childhood pop up once Ina while but glory be to Yhvh who sent his son to remove this guilt
I heard this song for the first time today. It made me think of when I was a teenager starting high school and I was going through a rough time after my parents divorced. I shut everyone out, I didn't want to talk about my feelings, and I was a shy sad kid. Till this day I'm just really thankful that Yahweh got me through those rough times If I could talk to my younger self I would tell him everything is gonna be alright, say a prayer every day and night, and your gonna make it through this. Then I would give my younger self a hug. Thank you Yahweh for making me the man that I am now and blessing me.
In tears reading these comments, Happy joyous tears - how good is our God!!??
I love this song. It does remind me of my past life that all the stupid things I did, all the sinful crap I did. Now that I'm older and realize some of the things that I did in the past, I wish I had not done. Thank the Lord that he Sovereign, He is just and loving and He is helping me in my present life in Christ Jesus.
Dear younger me
I wouldn't change anything cause than I wouldn't be who I am today I love u god thank u for everything ❤️🙏
Dear younger me, life is gonna get really hard. Things are gonna happen that you don't like. You will have to make hard decisions that you aren't ready to make. But it'll be okay. You will see. Just keep your Lord Jesus close to your heart, and you will be alright.
Abba Zabba yeah
Crusty The Third your profile pic is just too funny
i think you’re dear younger me spoke to me dang, thank you
To anyone reading this, God loves you and Jesus died for you. You are more valuable and important than you can even comprehend. Promise me that you'll never forget that.
"Dear younger me
Where do I start
If I could tell you everything that I have learned so far
Then you could be
One step ahead
Of all the painful memories still running thru my head
I wonder how much different things would be
Dear younger me, dear younger me
Dear younger me
I cannot decide
Do I give some speech about how to get the most out of your life
Or do I go deep
And try to change
The choices that you’ll make cuz they’re choices that made me
Even though I love this crazy life
Sometimes I wish it was a smoother ride
Dear younger me, dear younger me
If I knew then what I know now
Condemnation would’ve had no power
My joy my pain would’ve never been my worth
If I knew then what I know now
Would’ve not been hard to figure out
What I would’ve changed if I had heard
Dear younger me
It’s not your fault
You were never meant to carry this beyond the cross
Dear younger me
You are holy
You are righteous
You are one of the redeemed
Set apart a brand new heart
You are free indeed
Every mountain every valley
Thru each heartache you will see
Every moment brings you closer
To who you were meant to be
Dear younger me, dear younger me
You are holy
You are righteous
You are one of the redeemed
Set apart a brand new heart
You are free indeed [x3]"
I've fallen in love with this song... This will definitely help me with the funerals I must go threw the next few years..
Thank you 😊 be blessed
Thank you
Bless you I am so glad you are here and I am glad whoever is reading this is still here Jesus loves you personally everyone😊💕 He knows your pain and can heal you from it if you let Him :) Accept Jesus today, for today is the day of salvation! :) Repent, turn to Jesus:)
@@Fonzygirr Bless you I am so glad you are here and I am glad whoever is reading this is still here Jesus loves you personally everyone😊💕 He knows your pain and can heal you from it if you let Him :) Accept Jesus today, for today is the day of salvation! :) Repent, turn to Jesus:)
@@mekeener Bless you I am so glad you are here and I am glad whoever is reading this is still here Jesus loves you personally everyone😊💕 He knows your pain and can heal you from it if you let Him :) Accept Jesus today, for today is the day of salvation! :) Repent, turn to Jesus:)
I think that a lot of people should listen to this song because it could possibly help THEIR LIVES! !!!!!!!!!
Dear younger me, I’m so proud of you for fighting through every challenge that has been put your way. I’m so proud of you for finding your worth and realizing that you deserve love and you are worth everything. You have gone through many challenges in your life and you have learned so much and became such a talented, smart, beautiful young lady❤️ God always loved you and brought you out of the dark. I’m so glad you didn’t change your kind heart and continued to be so kind towards others, even those that have wronged you. You are truly a fighter and a warrior and an even better servant for our God🙏🏾
I'm still young. 14 today, and this song showed me a bit of what i have done in my past.... and a lot of mistakes still surround me.... I then learned that I am STILL young. I have a longer way to go... and I'm going to take what I learned from MY younger me to make the best of my life today and tomorrow and forever............
Franco Angeles it's good what you wrote, I'm proud of you. ✝🙃 you've learned a lot already. Blessings ✝
God bless you
Now ur 18
TheCornDogSlayer, The real choices that really determine your future are at your age now and all through your 20is. I pray that you make the right choices🙏
God bless you.
Dear Younger Me Augie, If you only knew then what you know now, you shouldn't have picked up a 20 year drug addiction that should have killed you. But today after being 6 months sober and turning your Will over to God, you are holy, righteous, and thru Christ, you are redeemed. Love, Your New Self, Augustine
I am 14. I wish that I could blast mercyme’s songs through my schools sound system in the mornings- my/our generation needs their music and gods hope. Please pray for us! My friends are all so lost. The kids I pass every day in the hallways are so misguided and confused. It breaks my heart.
Dear Elisabeth, God has given you a wisdom and compassion that comes only from him. Continue to draw close to him and he will be your strength, comfort, and consolation. It is from there that he will touch others through you. God bless you!
Dear younger me, it's ok, you were not meant to fight this fight by yourself, thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for us. :)
VillagerYT
God has got me through my younger years thank you Jesus for the good And bad memories...
please pray for me people. I pray someone out there will understand me on a spiritual level because I am brokenhearted daily.
+peter voicu I'm ken & I've been on a serious journey seeking Jesus each day by reading my bible daily and praying strongly. please pray and ask Jesus to please destroy all negative spiritual war of chaos and confusion that's been in my family for years and generations that's filled with endless arguments of confusion, endless differences of opinion, separation of family, loneliness, rejection, poverty, poor health, grudges, hate, negative atmosphere, negative forces in my family and whoever me or my family like or want to be friends with, negative souls always come into our lives and bring more pain and misery. please pray and ask Jesus to please destroy it all into the firey pit of hell forever. It's more than a 911 emergency that you pray for me.
+peter voicu and also please get jesus full attention as much as you possibly can. I really need Jesus to help me because I am brokenhearted daily. thank you.
peter voicu Pray for my damaged painful eyes to be healed because I'm in pain still.
+Ken Hill Prayer heals all wounds. Seek God and remain steadfast in the Lord always.... He hears you :) Focus on your faith and he will take care of the rest. I promise. I wish I could've told this to MY younger me. Everything happens for a reason, Ken :) Don't lose hope. I suggest reading a Proverbs a day for a month. God bless you! You're in my prayers!
Chase Peters why do some people have to see something good when they get old? I'm brokenhearted beyond words can express. You just don't know how hurt I'm am everyday. I have been reading my bible daily and praying strongly seeking Jesus deeply & i am still hurt. I don't give up praying. I trust Jesus forever and have faith. I try to make myself happy but deep down I'm sad. I don't understand why my life is the way it is & i don't know what my purpose is in life. There's so much chaos in my family and in my life.
You are holy, you are righteous, you are one of the redeemed! Set apart, a brand new heart, you are free indeed!
Dear younger me
What do I do? I've made mistakes that have marked my life. I've tried to change but I come out worse. Remembering all that I have done and how this has marked not only my life but, but also my loved ones and friends. But know I know what didn't know back then. God helps me out no matter what situation I'm in.
The longer I'm alive....the more years I live following Christ....the more I realize ALL that matters is loving the Father and living each and every day for His Glory. Thank you, Father, for reminding what a precious gift you have given me...intimacy with You!!
‘All that matters’- you are SO correct!
So glad I didn’t die when I attempted suicide when I was 17 /18 because I came to know Jesus a year later and it’s still the best thing that happened to me . Even though life is crap sometimes the worst day with Jesus is better than my best day without.
Played this for my son he is younger me. He is a much better version of me. I would not change a thing. My scars make me the strong person I am today. God knows it all even before I speak.
I wrote a letter to younger me while listening to this song. I was crying the whole time. Thinking of all those sad, horrible memories that I made when I was younger…the letter is stained with tons of tears. But it was nice. I confronted a lot of stuff that I hadn’t thought about in years. And even made me remember things that I had a buried deep inside of me. This song is definitely one of my favorite songs ever and it’s my favorite MercyMe song. I relate to it so much. It’s such a beautiful and simple song.
I get chills every time i hear this song, I love what faith can do.
Dear younger me, if I would have known then what I know now... Waaa mercy me, I love you guys.. You've literally ministered to me
r u kenyan?
yes, i am a KENYAN
Ohhh i saw ur comment..u sed wah..lol
Read that too and was like that is only used in Kenya
Thige Kinyanjui lol yea
For all kinds of scars, this is the song! ❤️
I remember when I first herd this song. They had always played it right after church service. it took me a while to find it and when I did, the lyrics connected to me on a spiritual level. I am dealing with allot of past regret and mistakes, sometimes I wish I could go back in time and do it all over again to avoid meeting the people that caused me to have allot of pain. back then I wasn't Christian I was faking it to please my mom who was verry spiritual. I ended up sleeping with my best friend who was lying and manipulating me at the age of 13. I just wish that I could learn to forgive myself for all of the wrong I did, but this song is helping me learn that God is on my side.
Sam Warren god has never ending forgiveness and grace he loves you no matter what
Dear younger me....someday someone will write a song about us....and we will know we made it...congrats to you and me!! with all our scars, broken hearts, tears, anger, and fears his love shines down on us!!!!
This song brings me to tears
Me too.....this song makes me tear up every time!
Same
Yup
“set apart, a brand new heart, you are free indeed”
say it out loud 🙌🏽
"Or do I go deep and try to change the choices that you'll make because their the choices that made me even though I love this crazy life sometimes I wish It was a smoother ride"
"Dear Younger Me...It's not your fault, you were never meant to carry this beyond the cross..." Thank you Jesus for carrying the cross FOR us.
Dear younger me, Hard to follow but trust God because your the character of his great story and he writes you in the way that's beautiful and in the path of his great plan for me. It's hard to believe but just believe it! He loves me even when I doubt! Amen
Dear younger me, the loving child you will have will change and break your heart. You will have many obstacles and heartbreaks, and you will try to end the pain with a bottle of pills. The love of God and my twin sister will save me ,and a friend you will meet who is a pastor will bring you closer to God. She is estranged from me and I miss her terribly, but I promised God and my sister that I will go on. There is something greater for me and I will be so happy when it happens for me. Younger me, DON'T LET DEPRESSION WIN! And trust that one day God will lead her back to you
Dear younger me it's okay to let toxic people move out of your life.
Even if it's family members (We can LOVE from a DISTANCE)
Okay, so I'm sitting in my Man Cave listening to a Sunday Kind Of Country on the radio. I'm busy tumbling brass pistol shells to reload. I'm 60 years old and somewhat retired, so this is what I do when I'm not working my 40 acres of land and repairing something. This song comes on and catches my ear. Thank God that I'm listening to a station that tells you the song and artist. This song somehow touched my soul. So I come into the house and pull it up on my computer. My Bose speakers start blaring out the song again and I notice how blurry my screen is getting. Beautiful song. Great group playing it.
Dear Younger Me, you're gonna make mistakes. Learn from them. Don't spend so much time looking at the bad things in life and look at all the great things that God has done in your life. Keep learning. Keep making mistakes. Live every day to the best of your ability. And strive to be the best version of yourself.
Amen
I have been looking for this song for YEARS. I'm so happy that I finally found it
WARNING ⚠️ JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON BELIEVE AND REPENT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE TRUST IN GOD AND YOU CAN OVERCOME ANYTHING GOD LOVES YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BLESSED DAY SPREAD THE GOSPEL AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN TIME IS RUNNING OUT 🙏😇✝️💚💙💛
awesome song i wish everyday i could tell my younger self don't waste your time chasing the world chase Jesus he is all we need
Well, I'm not a religious person but I really love this song. it speaks to me
Jesus died on the cross for you and wants to help you. Happy Easter!
He know everything about you and he loves you so much.
Dear younger me it's not your fault you were never meant to carry this beyond the cross hits me every time. Thank you Jesus for always believing and loving us all.
Dear younger me
It's not your fault
You were never meant to carry this beyond the cross is my absolute favorite part of the song. When I was ages 4 to 13 I was sexually abused by my father and I was always to scared to tell someone. When I was 17 I finally did tell and since then I've had quite a few years of troubles and heartache. I've tried to commit suicide about 4 times now and live with depression, anxiety, ptsd and a few other things. I've had my share of flashbacks and nightmares and those things are slowly getting better with the medicine I've been on for the past year. And what's helping the situation even more is I have God on my side! I've been attending church, reading my bible, having a home bible study with a youth pastor from the church and it's all really been helping big time. I'm so thankful I know the Lord and I'm so blessed. If I could tell my younger self one thing it would be.....it will all be okay one day! ❤
A foolish man looks on his past and wishes to change it, but a wise man looks to future and does his best to prevent it from happening again.
Edit: wow, I never thought this would get so many likes😂 thanks everyone, but I would like to clarify, although easy to say, it is hard to live out- moreover, it is impossible to live out, at least without Christ. If we wish to become more like him and not make the same mistakes we have made in the past we must keep our eyes on Him and Him alone and not rely in our own strength or resolve.
Never thought of it like that. But yet all the Truth is spoken in this comment! Keep sharing the wisdom God has given you!
And God bless too!
Love this song ... I think we have all felt this way..
Amen :)
Not what the song is saying at all. A foolish man judges only knowing little. Context is everything.
Dear younger me, I still don't know who I am I struggle with my relationship with Jesus
I want to be sure of something before I say something about your post. Are you Saved?
We all struggle! It's part of being human. But cry out to Jesus, it is the only thing you can do at first. But I promise the journey and joy is worth it to the end. God bless you!
that's me 😭😭😭😣😞still struggling but know what I'm doing plz pray for me I pray for u even if I don't know u 😞😔😊
Kianisofurbulous you are a child of God most high..Jesus became sin for you at the cross so that you may be made the righteousness of God in Christ.He took your place at the cross that you may take his...right now as Christ is so are you in this world (1 john4:17) I know sometimes it doesn't feel like it,we usually call into sin,discouragement an situations that are wayyy to hard to hear but remember we don't live by our feelings but by faith...everyday you need to wake up knowing that no matter what you are going through Your Heavenly Father loves you so much and the blood of Our Lord Jesus has cleansed you from every sin past,present and future
I do lol g
I found Jesus so long ago, when my parents showed me the way to taking his hand and trusting him. I remember crying on my bed, because I knew how perfect he was. My dad said a prayer and I repeated after him, (still in tears) but here I am 5 or 6 years later, and I just said a prayer with my best friend, and she has accepted God! I am so happy she did!
I just wanted you guys to know that this is my favorite song you all sing though I love so many of your songs but when this song comes on I get so happy because when this song first came out God had me start a very unique way to set me free from all my bondages using the inner child work to restructure the foundational years (childhood) of my life. There was so much I never received that was so vital for me to have a life God intended for me to have. Such as love, nurture, protection and care. I was surrounded by so much chaos and abandonment and rejection in many forms. Little did I know why my life was such a mess and nothing I did would work. I never escaped to drugs and alcohol but I did have all their underlining issues. I had a lot of problems with my emotions, toxic relationship cycles, fears, depression, social phobias and anxieties. I was a mess indeed. It wasn't until my 2nd marriage was coming to end my world as I knew it came crushing down and I became so desperate for help. God lead me into a 30 day program out- of- state which made no sense of why He was taking me on this route. God told me at the beginning of working my program that He was going to use me to restructure things in the church and help 1,000's of people. I didn't know how I was going to do this but I proceeded on my new journey. Many years later it happened in a way I never could imagine. I asked God for help because I gained more insight about my problems I realized so many believers were trapped in it and didn't even know it!!! So one day God had me to reach out to Pastor Steven Furtick to give him the message. He wasted no time to deal with it and to help the Body of Christ!! I never told Pastor Furtick the process that God used to help me to see what was causing people to remain in bondage. Until Pastor preached a sermon about Peter resurrecting Dorcus. Pastor said I don't know who this is for but Dorcus means Tabatha which means Little girl! I was shocked oh my goodness I said that has to be for me!!!!!! And it was!!! A few weeks later God put it on my heart to inform Pastor Furtick that it was me!!!! He realized I was also the one who gave the message many months before. Then came the sermon "Take the Lid off of a Little." Im sorry it took me so long to let you guys know how your song made such an impact in my life and around the world!!! God put it on my heart to finally let you know how it helped me! And to that I am THANKFUL!!!!!! Bart I saw your movie and read your book to. It was so inspiring and grateful what you wrote at the very end of your book! Thanks!! Pretty cool I live just around the corner you use to go to church in the 90's. I never knew you had lived in Lakeland Florida! Small world indeed!!! :)
I had the opportunity to see MercyMe perform live in concert at the Oregon State Fair. They played this song, and I cried. They played I Can Only Imagine, and I cried. Those two songs are very emotional for me, and I'm very glad I had that opportunity.
I think a lot of people can relate to this song. Thanks for writing it and sharing it.
this is SUCH a well written song. I love how it explores feelings we all think about and bring it back to the cross and God. How even if we go through struggles we can always go through it alongside God. I really love the part that goes:
“Dear younger me
I cannot decide
Do I give some speech about how to get the most out of your life
Or do I go deep
And try to change
The choices that you'll make ‘cause they're choices that made me”
we don’t know why we go through the struggles we go through. I know that if God can turn something as ugly as a horrific crucifixion into a beautiful thing like eternal salvation for all mankind, then He can turn my ugly problems into something worth using for His glory. ❤️
I absolutely adore this song. It makes me feel better about myself and it helps me everyday to just trust in God. I'm 24 now, I just wish this song would have come out when I was a teenager.. If you are young and feeling alone or pressured just know God is there for you..💛
Since my Brother passed away, I also see this song as him speaking to his Children (they are just like him) from Heaven. It gives an amazing way to look at it. Thank you for this beautiful song.
The best lyric in this song ever: "dear younger me, it's not for fault, you were never meant to carry this beyond the cross." But I've taken this three football lengths past. And will take it the whole 9 past. This isn't Jesus' fight. He recognized we were already strong enough.
While most people are seeing this song from the point of view of the "older" me, I'm 16 so I see this from the point of view of the "younger" me. I listen to this song as if it was from the future me. I don't know what God has in store for my future, and I won't lie that sometimes I'm scared of it. Sometimes I doubt that I'm ready for it. But every time I listen to that part, "you are holy, you are righteous, you are one of the redeemed", it reminds me that I won't be alone going into my future. Thank you Lord Jesus, for dying for me, loving me, and always being by my side
These guys really just get better and better. No fire and brimstone. Just love and redemption. You would be amazed by the amount of friends who get "suckered in" with messages like this. But seriously, people from many other branches of Christianity never hear the message of love and redemption. This sure is a good way to start a conversation.
Those choices, Those mistakes that I would carry on as a burden I now cherish as a gift.... For if I had not made those mistakes I would not have been the person I am today..
Dear younger me, prayer will help you through tough times! God hears you! Thank you! Mercy me for a beautiful song!😍🙏
One of my favorite things about this song is that you can see it two ways. You could see it as you now telling this to your younger self, or, you could see it as your future self telling your present self this.
It resets everyday. Like the grace of God.
"You were never meant to carry this beyond the cross" I love this song.
I was molested as a child by my dad....its been a very difficult journey throughout my life , but this song hits home and helps so much
family makes me feel bad because i dont have anything to do with my dad. Dear younger me , its not your fault
Kathy Williams I'm so sorry about you're past with you're dad, just remember that Jesus will never leave you or forsake you. God bless you Sister.
Hi Kathy,
That your molester was your dad is just to tell you that the enemy can use anyone to inflict harm upon us, but allow your Heavenly FATHER the honor to erase that which your earthly father did to you. Your earthly father is human and human beings are not perfect, only the CREATOR is perfect. I just want you to know that satan wanted to destroy you but God is the one who knows your path, & He will lead you to your expected end. Sometimes the road to that expected end is not smooth but just trust Him, & He will take you there. Remain blessed.
Everytime I listen to this song my heart wants me to sent it to someone I know but I am so scared of how they’re going to react. I just have this feeling they need to hear it and they need to know about His love for us. Tonight I’m going to finally stand up to this fear and send it to them.
I saw a comment once. "What did we do to deserve Mercy Me's music?" They are a perfect bridge to guide us to Him, Jesus is the way!
no what did we do to deserve God's love
I cry every time I listen to this beautiful song. I'm sure it touches the souls of millions!
This is one of my favorite bands of all time and one of my very favorite songs❣ Dear Younger Me brings tears of gratitude and joy to my eyes EVERYTIME... I'm cry-laughing at myself as I type this. 🤣🤣🤣
This song saved my life AMEN
Dear younger me it's not your fault you were never meant to carry this beyond the cross
Thankyou for changing my life 3 years ago !!!
When I started back to church after 30 years this was the song I heard every
Sunday morning while I was getting ready for church and I am 64 years old now and still love what this song means to me !!! Thankyou for forgiving me Lord and the talented people who came with it !!!
You guys are truly amazing. Even without hearing the story behind this song, I could tell some hardships inspired it!
Watch the moive I can only imagine it's all about his back story and the song
I loved the moive
Went threw abuse from my own father and been abandoned by him 'on my 7th bday'. Wasnt supposed to be born. My dad tried to beat me out of my moms belly. Always thought everything was my fault. This song hits me deeply
Dear younger me. You'll go through wuite a bit, but God's got you. Even as I'm writing this, I've got things to fix, but he's never given up on me.
Only if we all heard: "Dear younger me, It's not your fault, you were never meant to carry thus beyond the cross."
#powerful
I love this song!!! God is so using this song to reach so many.
This is a beautiful song, my gracious, it's what many of us are carrying.
If I knew then what I know now condemnation would've had no power
My joy my pain never would've been my worth
I wish I could tell my younger self to hold tighter to God in preparation for all the hardships to come. As it is, all I can do is keep growing in my faith now. Better late than never.
Dear future me always remember god will always be there for you and In the deepest moments he will be there regardless of if you feel his presence he is there, he was there during the heartbreak, during the hurt, just remember future me that you just need to come back to God
Never regret the past and linger there but look to the future to never let your past repeat in the future
(Could someone comment on this in 4 years so I can come back to this and see it plz)
I am very happy to oblige. I hope you can see the comments again. God bless you. 🙏
Commenting for you.
I consistently drank alcohol at least 2-3 times per week for about 20 years because I believed it “made everything better”. Alcohol made stressful days more bearable and celebrations more fun for me.
In 2018, I asked God to remove my desire for drinking because I knew my love of alcohol was a barrier between us.
Shortly after I made that prayer, my doctor told me that I needed to start a Ketogenic diet to lower my high cholesterol. For reasons I cannot explain, the diet prevented me from achieving even the smallest buzz from alcohol. Drinking now simply gets me dizzy and gives me a terrible hangover. Over time, all of my fond memories of alcohol which used to prompt me to drink more were replaced with thoughts of “what’s the point?”.
During this time, I also began listening to a Bible podcast named 10 Week Bible Study which made me realize that everything the Bible says actually happened and that God’s love for us is amazing.
In 2019, I fervently prayed that God would replace my desires for worldly things with a deep passion to grow closer to Jesus, learn His word, and carry out His plan for me.
I’m not exaggerating when I say that all of my worldly desires plummeted within days of that prayer. I stopped drinking alcohol altogether. TV shows which I used to binge watch for hours each day became so irrelevant to me that I cancelled our Hulu and Netflix subscriptions.
I soon found myself actually excited about reading scripture, having “quiet time” with God, listening to Christian music, and talking with Jesus throughout the day. Small “miracles” also began to happen which allowed me to start seeing God’s guiding hand in even the most mundane parts of my life.
As my relationship with Jesus grew, I began to feel an amazing sense of joy. I’d find myself waking up in the morning actually excited about what God might do today or happily dancing in the kitchen with my daughters even though I was exhausted from a hard day’s work. The phrase ”My cup runneth over” finally made sense to me. It was wonderful!
The best part is that the joy never went away! I believe this is because it is not an emotion I can control like a muscle. I cannot “flex” it into existence through certain thoughts or actions. Instead, I believe it comes from being in God’s presence which is something He offers to all of us freely. All we have to do is to chase after Jesus with all of our heart.
I waited way too long to trust Jesus. Please don’t make my mistake. Jesus is very real. The salvation He offers each of us is very real. And the joy that comes from that knowledge will change your life in a very positive way.
What a wonderfully written testimony! It’s exactly as Ephesians 3:20 states. Thank you for taking the time to write this comment. I hope that it touches the hearts of those who read it just like it touched mine.
I always wonder what I what would tell myself if I could but I can’t change the past I can only change what I’m going to do in my future. God bless you all
Another BLESSING from Mercy Me I love these guys!!
Simply Beautiful! Thank you Mercy Me for this Life giving song! I pray that this touches the hearts deeply of those who listen to this song and they will find Healing in their soul and freedom from guilt and condemnation! In Jesus Name Amen!
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I feel like more than anything this song encourage us to forgive ourselves for things we are caring from our past…from our younger selves. We can forgive ourselves and others just as God has forgiven us in Christ Jesus! Do I wish I could go back and change things that I have done in my past, of course. Do I wish I knew 20 years ago as a teenager what I know now. Of course. We all do. But thank goodness for the cross!
Every time he says dear younger me it's not your fault You were never meant to carry this beyond the cross. I cry every time! I was molested for 7 years as a child so that part goes right to my soul every time!
Thank you so much MercyMe for using your musical talents to help us grow spiritually in each of your songs. God bless you always from Patrick
got saved 9-21-16 12 years old
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Rachel Taylor ... GOD bless u always.
Lhea Ludivise thx God bless you also....
Make sure you find someone who's a very experienced Christian and spend time with them. They will help teach you, and you will help reinvigorate them. Good for the both of you.
love your younger me