Some songs just catch your attention. I want to share one with you today. I listen to Christian music most of the time, but the song I will share with you had a voice that you don’t hear much in Christian music.
Zach Williams’ song The Was Jesus is the one that caught my attention, and he sings this with Dolly Parton. She is the one you don’t hear often in Christian music. Not only did the song get my attention but the premise behind the song continued to ring in my mind and heart as it did again yesterday.
First, let me say how impressed I am by Dolly Parton. She is a tremendous entertainer, has a heart of compassion for hurting people, and she is a sharp business woman who has been very successful. That is all extra.
The song. It is powerful. Let me get to the point by sharing some lyrics.
Every time I try to make it on my own
Every time I try to stand, I start to fall
And all those lonely roads that I have traveled on
There was Jesus
When the life I built came crashing to the ground
When the friends I had were nowhere to be found
I couldn't see it then but I can see it now
There was Jesus
In the waiting, in the searching
In the healing, in the hurting
Like a blessing buried in the broken pieces
Every minute, every moment
Where I've been or where I'm going
Even when I didn't know it
Or couldn't see it
There was Jesus …
Every minute, every moment
Where I've been or where I'm going
Even when I didn't know it
Or couldn't see it
There was Jesus
On the mountains
In the valleys
There was Jesus
In the shadows
Of the alleys
There was Jesus
In the fire, in the flood
There was Jesus
Always is and always was, oh
No, I never walk alone
Never walk alone
You're always there
In the waiting, in the searching
In the healing, in the hurting
Like a blessing buried in the broken pieces
Every minute, every moment
Where I've been or where I'm going
Even when I didn't know it
Or couldn't see it
There was Jesus
If you haven’t heard the song, go do that. Then realize that when you need Him most, when you are down or up, there is Jesus.
2 Corinthians 1:3 NLT
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.
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