Comments on: “More Beautiful You” by Jonny Diaz

By: Lynae

Lynae — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:30:09 +0000

Jonny has another amazing song called “Beauty of The Cross”. I love his music; it always lifts me up. I can’t wait to listen to his next hit.

By: cleancutmedia

cleancutmedia — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:36:41 +0000

hey beth, i was not aware of that. thanks for sharing that bit of info.

By: beth

beth — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:06:05 +0000

This song was actually written by Kate York, a lovely artist

By: ericka

ericka — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:10:41 +0000

ok i went to the matthew west concert and jonny diaz and josh wilson was there and they were so amazing and great i will never forget that concert it is held in a special place in my heart thank u guy keep inspiring

By: Emma

Emma — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:14:13 +0000

i’m 14 soon and i am naturally skinny but when look at other skinny girls i feel fat next to them when not. This song made me feel much better about myself. I hav been wearing make up since i was 12 and i my hair is naturally curly and i hav been straightening it since i was 13. Thanks jonny diaz. Wish there was more singers like him,

By: cleancutmedia

cleancutmedia — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:46:48 +0000

thanks for your comment ana! I am glad to hear you have so many wonderful people who are letting you know that self-worth should not be based on image! Keep it up!

By: Ana

Ana — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:41:19 +0000

I am about 12 years old and am in elementary school. I am glad I didn’t fall into the lies like “Sheer Cover” or “BareMinerals.” I am glad for me people say I am flawless because I “glow” but I will never care how I look. Never!

By: Media Influence

Media Influence — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:16:37 +0000

thanks for sharing your experience maddy. I am so glad to hear you are doing well and songs similar to these have really opened your eyes. Perhaps your sharing will encourage someone else as well!

it really is a sad, sad world we live in – where everything in it promotes the external, things that are skin deep.

for those who may be struggling with these things, another way to help break from this way of thinking is to limit or stop the media intake. Lessen all those glamour images and messages from tv, movies, magazines and so on – that tell you, you need to look good to be valued. hogwash my friends. cut it from the source.

By: maddy

maddy — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:18:33 +0000

i am 13 years old. when i was younger i was a bit over wieght and teased. when i started middle school kids just got meaner and meaner. i thought i had to change for people, that it was up to me to be skinny and the cool girl. so i stopped eating as much and started putting on way to much make-up for my age. it didnt work. i had a hard past year but now i have everything under control. this song and songs like it opened my eyes, i do not have to be perfect. i just have to be me. i know that now, and gained A LOT of knowledge from the expierence a long with a bunch of life long friends, this song is amazing i listen to it everyday, it gets me through some pretty hard stuff!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:24:02 +0000

This is one of my new favorite songs. I hear it on WIBI all the time and it reminds me of my 11 year old daughter. She started Junior High this year and has already felt like she cannot measure up to certain girls her age. She is not athletic, and she is not a thin child. The first week of school she came home upset because a couple of students made fun of her weight. This song could not have came on at a better time. I tuned it up and said just listen to the words. Because it is true God could not make a more beautiful you. When she has a down day at school, I just remind there could never be a more beautiful her. Thanks for making this song, it has made jr. high more bearable for my little beautiful girl.

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By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:38:36 +0000

Thank you for the post. I think this song is really powerful and it speaks clearly of the lies girls fall for. Having teenage sisters has really opened my eyes to the whole arena of image and image keeping among teenager. The survey from 2004 mentioned in the article is very accurate. Remembering my teenage years, girls started wearing beauty products toward the end of high school (of course there were always the handful of girls who used them since middle school) but now you almost have to start in middle school because everyone else uses them. My own sisters started when they were 12 (I started when I was a senior in high school!), so it is very shocking to see this kind of drastic shift in such a short period of time.

My heart really breaks when I see girls sucked into this kind of lie. When I interact with teenage girls its actually really sad to see them get all ‘made-up’ to look good in front of other people or some guy they want to impress. It’s sad because you know that behind that ‘mask’ there really is a longing to feel loved and accepted.

I really admire and respect Diaz’s work with this song. I am thankful for people like him who really take this kind of issue seriously and take measures to address it.

I recently heard about a Youth Group in the Bay Area who is also attempting to reach out to Youth and teach them about true love- God’s Love. They are starting this movement called “Rise- Take a Stand for Jesus” with the hope that teenagers would not continue to fall into the lies of this world. Judging from their website http://www.interhigh.org/ seems exciting, but you can also get a feel for the heart of this group.

Thanks again for the post.