Leah, I chose you.

You think a child will fill the void and your mother’s heart is overjoyed.

But the part of your heart that wishes to be loved can only be fulfilled by the one above.

With each child, I hear your heart’s cry, “Maybe he will love me this time”.

My dear, his love is not what is true, it is only the love that I have for you.

I know that he looks at you with an empty gaze and lies with you, calling you by the wrong name.

The pain of your heart, I feel it too. A Father’s heart for his daughter aches with you.

The world has tried to tell you what beauty truly means, resorting to lying, hatred, and evil schemes.

But you keep your eyes fixed on me and I will expand you eternally.

For the day is coming when you will be raised, the unloved sister will soon be praised.

Your name no longer meaning “weary” and “tired” but now a name to be revered and admired.

Daughter, your story is being redeemed for you have a seat in Heaven among Queens.

I know it’s hard to see past the pain this brings but, my dear, I have chosen you to bring forth a king.

A king that will come for every tribe and tongue. The sin of the world heaped on the back of one.

For I have a plan that you cannot yet see; a plan to save all of humanity.

My love, you are a key role in this design, for when it was constructed, I had you in mind.

You think that you are just the unloved bride but my thoughts for you expand far and wide.

Farther than you may ever know, for one day your name will be written in stone.

Your name will be remembered as bringing forth the one;

A King. A Savior. A Lord. My Son.

I see your sister and I have a plan for her, too.

But when Jacob chose Rachel,

Leah, I chose you.

original words by Get Up Girl