Andrew Peterson - Be Kind to Yourself (Official Lyric Video)
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- Watch the lyric video for Andrew Peterson's new single "Be Kind to Yourself."
The Burning Edge of Dawn out October 9th.
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i know you wrote this to your children , but when i hear it, it is Father God speaking to me...thank you....sometimes I'm my own worst enemy
I think it's a little of both... Like God is speaking through the song.
Matthew Fogle ; well and truely spoken, often times the person I have the most trouble showing love & grace to is myself. It's very refreshing to hear the lyrics of this song and allow Gods love to wash over me !
same. :) its ok, just forfeit
Matthew Fogle I am my worst enemy to but I love myself soooooo much bc of this song
@@olstar13 So thankful to hear this; there is such Power in words, esp words of truth~ God bless
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." -Romans 5:8
Amen, John 15:11-15 (KJV) These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Amem!
~I'm a sexual abuse survivor and the first time I heard this song I cried so bad. Now I'm passing it on to another survivor in the hopes it will help her too.
There's a wonderful song by a folk artist, Joel Rafael, called Survivor Song, on his recording, Old Wood Barn, that was hugely helpful to me. The CD stayed in my player for months.
I am, too. And I find that being kind to myself is tough. This song gave me permission to do that. "I love you just the way that you are." -- That's healing.
I'm a survivor as well, and was introduced to this song by a fellow survivor. Such a beautiful song of grace and permission to let go of the self hatred. ❤️
Praying for you
Thank you Lisa Pickle! We could make a great Memorial Day weekend bbq; last names 🍔! 😂 God bless you and continue healing ❤️🩹 your heart, mind and spirit. ❤️✝️
The household I grew up in would have told me this song is excusing sin and fostering complacent Christians because of the line "I love you just the way that you are". But no. This song isn't saying that. It's about grace and forgiveness and the freedom we have. God the father loves us unconditionally. He loved us so much that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us Rom. 5:8). So if Christ could extend mercy and grace toward us, we can move past the things we don't like about ourselves, we can forgive others and ourselves and see ourselves as a precious work of art still in progress. I hope people take time to think about this song deeply, because I think its important to see the value God gives us, and not only spend our day talking badly about our faults, dwelling on our shortcomings, and forgetting we are redeemed.
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Thank You! I really liked what you Said. I am too much a perfectionist and get too judgmental.
Amen Amen Amen
Thank YOU, JESUS
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Exactly- we need to learn to go to God with our sin and admit it and ask for his help to overcome it
Wow that’s beautiful!! Amen. Praise God! 💗
You're right. I've been listening to this beautiful song and I think the same. I know my sins and how unworthy I am which led me to the point of hating myself. But this song reminded me how much God cares for me, how much He values me, and why I should do the same.
I sing this song to my kids. When I first heard it I thought wow I wish Andrew was my dad - it must be SO nice to have a dad who thinks this of me and loves me...and then I realized my heavenly Father is singing this to me and no earthly father could ever substitute. ❤️
As someone who struggles with anxiety and depression and is trying to recover from self harm this song hits so close to home. Keep doing what you're doing because it really is powerful.
Read your message, and Thank you btw getting better a day at a time
Same. You're not alone.
As a historical side note, John Newton,(the one who wrote 'Amazing Grace's), to name just one, suffered with depression so deep he sometimes couldn't get out of bed for days at a time. His subsequent masterpiece, had ministered to literally millions. It may be that our Heavenly Father is allowing you to go through this, to be a blessing to someone else who may be going through the same thing?
I don’t know you but I’m glad you’re on this earth
God loves you Maura ❤️❤️❤️ don’t give up beautiful
Ever since my dad showed me this song, every time I'm in the valley I listen to it. It reminds me that no one is perfect, and none of us will ever be. We need to realize that we are loved by God, and if he can love us with all our faults we can love ourselves. We also need to remind others of the same thing, which is why I'm writing this: you are loved, you are beautiful, and you can always grow and learn from your mistakes. I hope whoever sees this will keep this truth in your heart.
I love the chemistry between him and his daughter that comes out in this song. Beautiful. I wish every young woman had a father trying this hard.
Wow, last time I saw you was on 9-11-01 you came to my college (FCC) to hold a concert and you fought through the fear that that day had us all in, and helped us get through that horrible day. I'll never forget how God used you to minister to my heart in the midst of all that chaos and destruction. You helped us praise God through the tears and fear. Thank you.
I am a graduate student struggling with imposter syndrome. I just turned in a paper (literally 10 minutes ago) that my brain automatically wants to scream is trash but I am trying to be kinder to myself and acknowledge that I gave it my best despite having a hard time understanding the content. If I don't get a near perfect score, it won't be the end of the world much less the end of my journey to fulfill the lord's purpose for me on this earth. I am so glad to have found this song right now. I needed this reminder more than ever tonight, thank you.
"How does it end when the war that you're in is just you against you?
You've got to learn to love your enemies, too."
Touché.
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Right? That was profound.
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I listen to this every day. I'm 61 years old and I still need to hear it. Tears tears tears......you've read the secret heartbreak I've carried for way too many years. God Bless You.
I never listen too much Christian music for a long time because it seems so artificial.
When I hear Andrew Peterson, I hear someone who is struggling to walk with God, like me.
Praise God for you!
Thank you!
One day, when I have healed my anxiety, I hope to sing this to someone else with the news that it is possible to survive and vanquish it.
Anxiety is something I battle the tide against sometimes.
But I have, in the past few years, totally transformed. I'm a social butterfly.
It is possible. Be kind to you.
I read your comment and, as someone struggling with anxiety too, my heart goes out to you. I hope that you have made a lot of progress in your journey and that God has helped you to be victorious. We are more than conquerors in Him (Romans 8:37). We can do all things through Christ (Philippians 4:13). You'll make it through and I know that I will, too. One day at a time.
How's it going? Can you sing despite the struggle?
Patrick.....Jesus took the stripes on HIS back for your Anxiety and mine too !! Dear Lord God of Heaven please heal Patrick of this ailment so he can sing this song to others who need healing - in Jesus' name ❤
Sing it to yourself! Sometimes the biggest enemy is in our own mind... You'll get there. 🌞
My dad showed this to me too. I didn't completely understand at the time, but now I am so glad that I'm no longer enemies with myself.
And it hurts dearly to see a friend that I love so much going through the exact same thing. They're so convinced they're worthless and unworthy of any love. But the thing is, none of us deserve God's mercy and love. It was given to us purely as gift. That's what real love is about, and it doesn't matter how broken you are.
This whole comment thread is like therapy. Such a great song and so relatable. Thank you Andrew for all of the light you shine into this world.
At 53 im still learning thanks for this amazing message for all ages
Your daughter is SO beautiful in the way that she is resting in who she is without trying to put on a strong front. She is just who she is, just who God made her to be. That in itself ministered to me - the power of being able to receive love from her dad - and also from her Heavenly Father.
My father left when I was 12 to drink and do drugs. No one ever taught me or my little brother this. We are both very thankful for the message in this song. Life is so full of hurt. Pray and remember no matter what you do you still belong to your father above.
I'm struggling with many of these issues, but I can see it beginning to affect my daughter. I'm going to show this to her when I get home today and maybe we'll have a good conversation.
Such a beautiful message. We ALL need to hear this. Pretty much every day. Amen.
I have double depression (persistent/chronic with major depressive symptoms) and sometimes I don't even have the energy to speak, right now I'm even pushing myself to type this out. But someone sent me this song awhile back, before I was diagnosed but still very much suffering. I haven't heard it in a long time but it just happened to come on my playlist when I'm in one of the worst depressive episodes I've had thus far and I can't help but think that's a God thing.
Be kind to yourselves ❤
Amen Depression is worst feeling of all.
The Holy Spirit led me to this song, as I wasn't familiar with Andrew Peterson. But boy did the words stir me and caused healing by the words during a very tough time for me. I thank God for the obedience to listen and for Andrew Peterson's gift of song!! In Jesus' name, Amen!!
I don't know how you keep your composure singing alongside your beautiful children, but oh how you all have blessed us so.... Thanks and praise be to God!
My therapist sent this to me. It is so beautiful. Thank you ❤ God bless.
I've always been the type to beat the crap out of myself, whether it being falling back into pornography or falling to seize an opportunity to talk to someone about God. This song is so honest and encouraging. Thank you
Well i struggle with porn as well but i just grab my armor and get up.
@@WilliamHollinger2019 Praying for both of you! I don't know where you both are at in your journey, but it is a huge battle. I still struggle, but am seeing progress! Jesus is with us every step of the way!
1:49 i like this part best.
"You belong to me whatever you do"
This song was written for me. Thank you so much for listening to God and writing this song :) :) :)
I'm a victim of past severe bullying and low self-esteem. I started to believe that I was gay, because I hated myself so much. I'm also obese because of the bullying. I found my way back to God two years ago. This song just made me cry so much. Especially at the part "How does it end when the war that you're in is just you against you against you". Because I've been fighting against myself for so long now. I don't know when I haven't been at war with myself because of my Obesity. Thank you so much for this wonderful song.
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Anika, thanks for sharing your tender thoughts. Shine on! There's only one you. My favorite Mel Robbins quote: "Scientists have calculated the odds of you being born. And they took into account all the wars and the natural disasters and the dinosaurs and everything else. And do you realize that the odds of you being born at the moment in time he was born to the parents you were born to with the DNA structure you have: 1:400,000,000,000!!!
You have life changing ideas for a reason, and it's not to torture yourself. Force yourself to be uncomfortable and accomplish those things. Follow your impulses and listen to those stirrings within."
- Mel Robbins
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Anika food was/is for me as well a security blanket. It took years but by the Grace of God, therapy & much prayer, I’m slowly learning how to take baby-steps to improve my diet. If it makes you unhappy - be kind to yourself and take the first step to lose the weight. Or, learn to love you as you are just as Christ does. It’s just another tool the enemy will use to keep you in bondage. Obese or not - you’re loved ... be kind to yourself and accept you for who you are today!
Pray your doing well🙏
God loves more than you can ever imagine.
I really like the harmony of him and his quite lovely daughter, & how she's keeping time on the keyboard. His son is no slouch on the drum either. How wonderful, they get to express the truth of God's love & grace together !
This song was written for me...you might not have known it when you put pen to paper, but our loving Father sure did! Thanks for this. Prayers for you and your family.
This guy is the best. Great music. Real experience in the words. Use of scripture- we need more songs which refer to scripture, listen to his song "In the night" Its so so good to hear someone sing about the battles we face and relate to scripture.
That line “you’ve gotta love your enemies” got me hard.
Thanks for caring about your kids so much & bringing a bit more encouragement into the world for the rest of us.
I have a daughter chasing perfection. Your lyrics will speak to her. Thanks.
This song is so rich! Layers upon layers of wisdom and love
My little 3 year old girl just looked at the young lady singing and said "I wuv her."
I wuv her too! She has an EP out now. Skye Peterson - Searching for Us.
awww bless
so sweet
Praise GOD
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This song held a different meaning for me. I lost my father a year ago to a cancer he didn't even know he had. He went from playing ball in the yard and laughing with me and going everywhere with me to being unresponsive in a hospital bed and only able to squeeze my hand in just a few months. This song resonates in a way I can't even describe. I'm angry at God, but also so incredibly blessed that we have a heavenly father like him. It's such a whirlwind of emotions. How I'm supposed to be strong for my new family ( I had a son born just a month after he passed who is my only son and was never able to meet my father) when I am breaking at every turn. Be kind to yourself. Something God keeps telling me. It's okay to not be okay. It's okay to weep and to mourn for the loss that I'm experiencing. It's okay to be tired and to need to rest and just be in the quiet with God. Even expressing anger and sorrow and frustration. God knows who my son will grow to be as he learns of how his grandpa was. How he will shape his heart and mind to honor you. How blessed I am to have breath and the knowledge that our father died for us. Even in the darkest of times he is near and he is with us.
Amen! I am praying for you and your family.
Forgive yourself. Be strong for your Dad. He loved you so much and our Heavenly Father is watching you. Peace. We love you too.
Thank you so much for sharing your story here. It’s much needed, for others to hear!
With having a son that struggles with emotional abilities, I'm not ashamed to say my eyes welled up with tears. My son has been struggling with loving himself when he has melt-downs and behavioral issues. Sometimes the negative thoughts in our heads can make us our own enemies; "be kind to your enemies too". The lyrics couldn't be more perfect. Thank you so much for writing this.
+Donald Rutherford I could say word for word what you just put down so beautifully - except it would be for my 15 year old daughter. Stay strong.
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This song is getting me through my anxiety and sh and I hope that when I can feel more comfortable in my self I can start spreading the song and passing on God’s message of love to others
This song ministered to myself & my daughter. Space limits any details. Thanks to the Lord & to you, the vessel.
I love this song and thanks for posting it so glad he wrote it I was abused as a kid finally been able to escape but this song helps me whenever I get scared about it happening again they keep trying but this song reminds me that even.if no one eels does God loves me broke and all and that God will help me heal so thank you Andrew Peterson for writing this song
My Mom (RIP) bless her precious soul would tell me to look in the mirror every day and say "I'm beautiful and God loves me and so does Mom and Dad". :-). I used to hate looking at myself in the mirror, still do, so I was like WHAT! but I am pretty, kind, forgiving and God has watched over me and is so precious.
Lyrics
You've got all that emotion that's heaving like an ocean
And you're drowning in a deep, dark well
I can hear it in your voice that if you only had a choice
You would rather be anyone else
I love you just the way that you are
I love the way He made your precious heart
Be kind to yourself
Be kind to yourself
I know it's hard to hear it when that anger in your spirit
Is pointed like an arrow at your chest
When the voices in your mind are anything but kind
And you can't believe your Father knows best
I love you just the way that you are
I love the way He's shaping your heart
Be kind to yourself
Be kind to yourself
Well how does it end when the war that you're in
Is just you against you against you
Gotta learn to love, learn to love
Learn to love your enemies too
You can't expect to be perfect
It's a fight you've gotta forfeit
You belong to me whatever you do
So lay down your weapon, darling
Take a deep breath and believe that I love you
Be kind to yourself
Be kind to yourself
Be kind to yourself
Gotta learn to love, learn to love
Learn to love your enemies
Gotta learn to love, learn to love
Learn to love your enemies too
Thank you for the
beautiful lyrics
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they’re literally on the screen babe
What wonderful, amazing beauty I see between he and his children. When he turned to look at his daughter, it was easy to sense the power of God's Spirit in them. Her face , literally began to glow. And the fact that they can make such good 🎶 together to bless us ; Wow , what a treat for my heart !
i balled during this song and my dad actually showed this to me best song ever
Such a lovely child, and a beautiful harmony with her daddy's voice!
Thank you for doing the opposite of dismissing Christian brothers and sisters with mental health struggles. ❤️
I found this in November 2018 and it deeply ministered to my heart. I shared it with my daughter in College, mentioning how I wish I could have expressed these words to her years earlier. I don't know how but her grades have been markedly higher since. It's good to know God has formed us and we need to be at peace with what He's created. Psalm 139:13
Thank Father God for giving us this beautiful song. I listen to it every day. Thanks Andrew Peterson for allowing God to flow through you to us.
Hello Helen Williamson 😊 how are you?
I usually strongly dislike much repition in music...played this three times in a row.
I think I really sense a part of God´s love in this fathers words and smile.
Beautiful! Thank you for making this available, I believe it ministers love and healing to many.
Let's all pray in Jesus' name that all children, teenagers, everyone that are in anger and far from love, seek the True Living God and learn to love with Him and with their brothers in Christ. ❤️
Beautiful, healing truth for a heart bent on self-flagellation.
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Hello Lauren Kraig 😊 how are you?
What a great song, if only all fathers sang this to their children....and lived this way. Our world would be radically changed for the waaaaay better. The the truth of the Gospel is that our Father in Heaven is truly this way. Thank you for creating this song, as God made us in His image -- with the ability to create and you, Andrew, chose best words.
How kind and good can we be to ourselves and each other! With help. Thank you.
Can't listen to this video without tearing up. "...you against you against you." and "learn to love your enemies, too." Powerful and timely no matter when I listen. Thanking God for his saints and his gifts.
Hello Rachel Ward 😊 how are you?
I’ve hated myself as long as I could remember. A lot of it has to do with my family of origin which I’ve taken into adulthood. The Lord has me on an incredible path now of learning to love myself and give myself the grace too that I preach to others. This song is my new anthem.
Jesus said “this one command I leave you love one another “ that’s a full plate sometimes but we can do it.
Listening to this in 2022 and love these precious words and melody so much 💕🙏 God bless anyone who sees this x
Im sitting here in my truck ( seperated from my wife but believing for a miracle ) and your song is breakin me to the bone
Hello, I just wanted to thank! I had been abused as a child and dealing with repressed memories. It’s a never ending fight with yourself. Today I couldn’t get out of bed and it is 6 pm. It is the heaviness I have, I kept telling myself “be kind to yourself” over and over again. Then, I googled a picture to put on my background and your song came up. I cried uncontrollably. It was a good a cry. I couldn’t thank you enough. This has given me the push I needed. May the divinity have you and your family safe and with infinite blessings
Best wishes - The Burning Edge of Dawn is filled with catharsis. I hope you find more peace in your life.
We live our lives out in a civilization, society, culture that teaches us this: "You're not good enough... yet." "Yet" never comes. So we can live our entire lifetime feeling we're not good enough when the truth is we've always done the best we could do - with the understandings we have - at the time we did what we did. If we knew how to solve the problems we have, we would already have solved them, and they wouldn't be a problem. When kind to ourselves, we begin to find the solutions already there but unknown at that moment.
My best friend and I would send this to each other when we were feeling bad about ourselves.
She's walked away, but I hope she still remembers to be kind to herself. I pray one day, maybe she'll come back.
Just beautiful. The message 'the war that you're in, is just you against you against you' is one which would best be learned by those who seek to make peoples' lives, for some reason, uncomfortable and scary and... well, insert many adjectives here. I am richer today for knowing this song, and your music.
Will show this to my teen son who I have been telling every night " I love you just the way you are" after he has been feeling discouraged about himself. Very touching!
I love that it's not just worship music, but a very encouraging message to all who hear. That's beautiful.
Thank you Petersons. I heard your song "Be Kind to Yourself" for the first time this past Wednesday morning at a time when I was doubting His love for me and not even realizing that's what was going on. Your lyrics and music helped me to open up and accept His love, later on in the morning I got a chance to share about Jesus' forgiveness briefly with some of my students - it was a cool moment. I would never have been in the frame of mind in which I would have been mindful and ready to share Him with them had it not been for hearing your song the couple hours before their class that I heard it. Thank you.
His voice is so beautiful - so unique. Thank you for your encouragement over the years, Andrew Peterson. I've lived on 4 different continents and you've been there in my headphones helping me along with my walk with the Lord. God bless you.
The Lord does not make mistakes! Father does know best!🛐✝️ He always sends songs to His children when our hearts are writhing in pain😢He HEARS our cries ☀️☀️☀️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😇😎🐕🦺🌹what a beautiful song 🎵 thank you for Sharing your gift and for the reminder Our Father in heaven.. hallowed be thy name….
Thank you for this song Andrew. This is a song I turn to frequently to treat heartache I experience from addiction. I can't hate myself into a better version of myself. This song is a reminder that kindness truly sets me free.
From this imperfect and strggling father to his two beautiful daughters...I love you both, Dana and Rachel.
This song is so perfect with what I'm struggling with in life right now, Thanks for sharing it.
Brother, I can't thank you enough for sharing this song so freely. I can't even count the times I've listened to it or the times I have shared it. God is using your heart as a father to speak to so many who are fatherless and work deep healing in their hearts. Praying blessing over your writing, ministry and family.
The saving grace of the Internet is being able to find refuge in songs like this - for others who enjoy it, allow me to suggest Wake Low, carrying on the tradition of soul-rinsing music.
I have four kids, and this is a great message for them. But this morning I needed it myself more than anyone.
great song and loved the seeing your children share in your ministry
I love these lyrics. It’s so beautiful. My test has been hard, but I will trust Him that I will make it through.
I couldn't ignore these words.
This song helps me so much. I have anxiety and at one point was so depressed I just wanted to end it. Now I'm following the Lord and things are getting better🌹
I needed to hear this song. Sometimes I can be my own worst enemy.
I have probably said this before but I will say it again, ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! JESUS SAVES!
I remember when I was a confused teenager sitting at your concert years ago, listening to you play this song and crying into my mom's shoulder. Now I'm still a confused teenager listening to this song and crying again.
I found this song in the middle of a journey out of a long standing habit of self hatred I've depended on for too long. feels like a fresh path into a new way of living. Thanks to the writer of the lyrics, the Author of Andrew Peterson's Life and my own, and all the writers of the comments of others touched by this song.
Thank you for this beautiful song.
Hello Victoria Johnson 😊 how are you?
I'm not religious, but it is a very beautiful song.
Beautiful song and beautiful family. Thanks for another great song!
It’s incredible how God speaks to me through this song... I doubt constantly the love of God for me and the fact that I belong to Him no matter what I do. When I listened this song, I‘ve been so much touched in my heart ! So thank you and be blessed 🙏🏼
I am grateful to God for good and memorable music like this.
This entire album is still great. Thank you Andrew for these songs, every day
Precious! ♥️...praising our mighty God for gifts He has given you!🙏🙏🕊
And yet another one of your songs brings me to tears. God bless you Andrew! For your talent, your passion, your heart. And PLEASE come somewhere close to Melbourne, FL sometime soon!
I was in a depression and in the train I prayed our father in the heaven for a answer and he gave me this song praise the father
So very good...I needed to hear this. Thank for you for sharing your heart.
Played this song for my students at my school during Kindness week!
Children are a true blessing! May Jesus richly bless my wonderful daughters.
Absolutely Wonderful!!! Just heard this for the first time on the radio and immediately came to youtube to look it up! Beautiful song!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I really needed to hear this tonight. I believe God meant for me to hear this. What a wonderful song! 💜
Chew on this.. Every single one of us, are each, the very culmination, the absolute pound for pound result, of generations of people that love one another... That love eachother.
I grew up listening to your music Mr Peterson, and i swear you get better and better every new album. I love this song.
This is very encouraging
This song hits so very close to home - my daughter is struggling so much with the anxieties that come with being 15 and not feeling good enough, pretty enough, smart enough yet she is all those things but fails to see it. Such a tough age. I pray she gets through it with her spirit intact, I pray she will start being kind to herself, the world needs her heart. Thank you for this beautiful song.
+Mary Anne I'm 15 too. I love Jesus. Tell your daughter it gets better when you put your trust in the lord. God bless
Beautifully put Eden, though coming from me she would probably just roll her eyes. I know she believes in God, I pray He will guide her back to his heart, the foundation is there, it will come. I have to be patient
Prayer truly is a great tool. Whats your daughters name? That way i can pray for her too.
Oh thank you Eden,her name is Rebecca
Thank you. I will be praying