If You Could See My Heart

I see the glances, feel the stares

Whispers rising in the Sunday air

You look at ink like it’s a sin

But don’t know where those marks have been

Each line a battle, every shade a scar

From the war I fought just to get this far

If you could see my heart, not just my skin

You’d see a soul that’s been born again

I’m not who I was, I’ve been made new

By mercy deeper than my darkest blue

So don’t be fooled by what you see

The Lord don’t judge as easily

I’m His beloved, set apart

If you could only see my heart

You ask how a lady of faith could wear

Tattoos like stories laid out bare

But every mark is a testimony

Of how my Savior rescued me

He saw me drowning in my shame

Reached right in and called my name

If you could see my heart, not just my skin

You’d see a soul that’s been born again

I’m not who I was, I’ve been made new

By mercy deeper than my darkest blue

So don’t be fooled by what you see

The Lord don’t judge as easily

I’m His beloved, set apart

If you could only see my heart

And I’m not mad, I understand

We all need grace, a helping hand

So I’ll keep loving you right where you are

‘Cause Jesus loves you too—with all His heart

If you could see my heart, not just my skin

You’d see the light that burns within

I walk in truth, I walk in grace

With lifted hands and a tear-streaked face

So when you look, look deeper still

God’s not confined to what you feel

He’s in the story behind every mark

If you could only see my heart