[Title: SISTER, I WON'T MEASURE YOU] [Instrumental Intro] [Ancient Piano] [Victory Bell] [Intro – Female Spoken] Dear sister— I don't know how to write to sisters. I have three of my own. And somehow we became strangers. I learned what it feels like when a woman's eyes travel from your head to your feet. [Silence] Sister— I WILL NOT DO THAT TO YOU. [Beat Enters] [Verse 1] Too much. Not enough. Too loud. Too strange. Too broken. Too bold. I know the measuring tape. But I will not ask you to become smaller so I can feel taller. And I will not bow my face so you can feel safe. Let us both look higher. [Choir] LOOK UNTO HIM! [Chorus] SISTER, I WON'T MEASURE YOU! No ruler. No gavel. No throne between us. I don't need your face beneath mine. I want both our faces LIFTED TO CHRIST! SISTER, I WON'T MEASURE YOU! I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ! [Choir] LOOK UNTO HIM! [Instrumental Break] [Victory Bell] [Verse 2] Maybe women measured you too. Maybe somebody looked you up and down until you learned to do it to yourself. I know that dance. But I learned another one. What did they actually say? What did shame add? What does THE BOOK say? They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. [Silence] SISTER— LIFT YOUR FACE. [Chorus] SISTER, I WON'T MEASURE YOU! I don't need your beauty to diminish for mine to live. If you stand— STAND. If you dance— DANCE. If Christ made you free— WALK LIKE FREE! [Choir] NOT ASHAMED! [Bridge] Maybe I never knew how to be your sister. I can learn. IN TRUTH. IN LOVE. IN CHRIST. If I see your face beginning to bow— I won't stand over you. I'll point where somebody pointed me. LOOK UNTO JESUS. And when my face starts falling— sister, remind me too. [Silence] No queen on your back. No sister under my feet. CHRIST OVER US BOTH. [Final Chorus] SISTER, I WON'T MEASURE YOU! COME ON! WE HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO! [Choir] GO YE THEREFORE! [Female] Tell the ashamed. Tell the stranger. Tell the woman outside the circle. And when she comes— DON'T MEASURE HER. LOVE HER. TELL HER THE TRUTH. POINT HER TO CHRIST. [Victory Bell] [Outro – Female Spoken] Dear sister— I won't ask you to look like me. I won't ask you to carry my name. Let us walk in truth. Let us lift our faces. And then— GO. [Silence] Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. [Long Silence] JESUS IS THE LORD.
