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I Have Seen You

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[Title: I HAVE SEEN YOU] [Verse 1] Don't say I never saw you. Don't say nothing moved. I have seen you get back up. I have seen you make it through. I have seen a softer morning. I have seen you hold the rock. I have seen you open the Book when the old voice wouldn't stop. Seeing you grow is not the same as saying the war is done. I can count how far you've come and still name what still bites. [Chorus] I HAVE SEEN YOU. I STILL SEE YOU. Don't let shame rewrite my eyes. I didn't say you never changed. I said this pattern still tells lies. I HAVE SEEN YOU. Don't turn "there's more to grow" into— "YOU NEVER SAW ME GROW." That isn't what I said. I HAVE SEEN YOU. [Verse 2] Shame hears— "Something needs to change"— and translates— "Nothing ever changed." Shame hears— "This is hurting us"— and answers— "I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH." But those are words I DIDN'T SAY. I see the work. I see the miles. I see the times you caught the voice before it ran wild. I see the woman I married. I see growth AND I see the armor. Both can be true. [Chorus] I HAVE SEEN YOU. I STILL SEE YOU. Growth doesn't mean the war is done. I can honor what has changed and still point at what still comes. You don't have to erase every mile you've walked because somebody says— KEEP GOING. [Bridge] You don't have to be finished to be seen. You don't have to be perfect to be loved. And correction doesn't erase development. [Silence] Look how far you've come. Now look where we're going. THOSE ARE NOT ENEMIES. [Breakdown] Pick up the rock. Not for what's wrong. For what grew. Name one thing you do differently now. ONE THING. Thank God for it. That's yours. That's real. Don't let shame take that too. [Silence] COUNT WHAT GREW. [Final Chorus] I HAVE SEEN YOU! I saw the miles. I saw the fight. I saw you reach for the Book in the middle of the night. I HAVE SEEN YOU! And I'm still seeing you. So don't make "KEEP GROWING" mean— "YOU NEVER GREW." Hold the rock. Name the growth. Thank God for what He brought you through. Not finished. NOT NOTHING. Still growing. STILL SEEN. [Outro] Count what wasn't taken. Count what was given. Count what grew. [Silence] And thank Him. JESUS IS THE LORD.