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The song "Only You, Jesus."

A lot happened before, during, and after writing this song. I was sitting at the piano and asking the Lord for a song that I could worship Him with... a chorus I could sit there and sing over and over. I had been reading John 6:53-69-
Jesus had just finished telling the crowd that they needed to eat of his flesh and drink of His blood. We now understand He was making a point. When the crowds and Jesus' disciples turned away because it was "too hard a teaching", Jesus turned to the 12 Disciples who were still there and asked if they were going to leave too. Simon Peter's response was so beautiful, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life! We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."

It's true. Where can we go? ...BUT TO THE only one who really knows about life and death, who really loved us enough to give up His own life for ours.

The very day I wrote this song, my 4-year old niece faced death by the ropes of the window blinds. She said, "Jesus made me think. He didn't want me to die. He said, "Rope around your neck, rope around your neck!" and so I took it off." My little niece, Selah, would carry the scars of that incident for awhile, but she knew that Jesus had saved her. The day after that incident, my mother, her grandmother, caught her alone in her room, on her knees, praying out loud, saying, "Jesus, thank you for saving my life, thank you for saving my life." Dear ones, I do believe she saw Jesus that day.

That very week, my friend, Brigitta was going into surgery to have a brain tumor removed. We prayed, and God brought her through the surgery. She is still battling cancer but we are seeing little miracles in her life and progress. When it seems that things aren't going our way in terms of results, the question remains, "Lord, who else can we turn to? Who else has the words of life?"

This song is very close to me as I love these two individuals very much. We can worship God through our joys and our trials. There is no where else to run. When we do praise Him and worship Him through all circumstances, you can feel Him carrying you. I can't explain it outside of that... you need to walk through it yourself to completely understand. Surrender to Him today... only then, can you know, 'it's ONLY YOU, Jesus'. I pray the song blesses your heart and gives you a song to sing!

-elva

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