Thursday, November 7, 2013

Oh Jesus


If you haven't had the chance to listen to Jon McLaughlin's new album "Holding My Breath" I highly encourage you to change that.  Some of his best work yet.  You can listen to it all on Spotify - check it out.

One song that has spoken to me is called "Oh Jesus." It is hauntingly honest and it's simplicity makes it one of the most beautiful songs I've heard on a pop album in a long time.  It is human - it reflects some of my own insecurities and doubts and fears and questions.  But, the true beauty of this song is found in it's chorus "Oh, come what may...I will thank God for you."  Oh, that I might have that type of faith - to thank God for Jesus, no matter what my life might hold.

Oh Jesus, can you hear me know?
Oh Jesus, I'm just wondering how I'm doing...
Am I proving worth all the time you spent?

Oh Jesus, I know you're there.
Oh Jesus, have you decided where I'm going?
You know, I was hoping to be with you in the end.

And oh, come what may, through the black and blue
I will thank God for you.

Jesus, I am so confused
Oh Jesus, have you seen the news?
Tell me please, help me see the way it all really works.

Oh Jesus, we yell so loud.
Oh Jesus, and your name rolls out our mouths like fools,
Tell me, do you we help or do we hurt?


And oh, come what may, through the black and blue
I will thank God for you.


Jesus, have your scars healed?
Oh Jesus, can you still feel that cross? And the friends you lost?
And do you ever want to take it back?

Oh Jesus, yeah I know,
Oh Jesus, that I owe you so much more than I can give,
but this life I live you can have.


And oh, come what may, through the black and blue
I will thank God for you.
Cause I am because of Jesus.




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