Loved By You

Riley Clemmons' “Loved By You” speaks to the moments when a person feels invisible. The opening lines are candid: “Sometimes I feel like I'm alone, a bit too broken, unseen, unknown. Sometimes the doubt starts creeping in.” The singer's response is to ask God to come and remind her of the truth again.

What follows is a list of who she is in his eyes. “I am believed in, I am held on to, don't have to wonder who I belong to. I'm always wanted, always known, and always treasured, it's true.” The second verse points to the cost of that love, “It's in Your blood, it's in Your scars, how far You'd go to reach my heart,” and adds that God calls her “chosen” and “Yours.” The bridge admits she doesn't deserve it and never could, but that God is “just that faithful, just that good.” The song ends on the phrase “How lovely it is to be loved by You.” It is written for people battling doubt and loneliness, and the chorus gives them a short statement to repeat when their feelings argue otherwise.

Being chosen before the foundation of the world is Ephesians 1:4-5. Being called by name and claimed is Isaiah 43:1, and the Father's lavished love is 1 John 3:1.