{"id":633,"date":"2013-09-29T14:41:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T19:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=633"},"modified":"2013-10-09T21:28:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T02:28:02","slug":"hes-my-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=633","title":{"rendered":"He’s My Son!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently heard this song for the first time, He’s My Son by Mark Schultz<\/a>. \u00a0I didn’t listen to all of the words the first few times. \u00a0I only paid attention to the words of the refrain, “He’s My Son”. \u00a0Each time I heard it I thought how beautiful it was that someone had written a song from God’s point of view leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus.<\/p>\n

I finally listened to the words of the whole song and realized that it was written from the point of view of a father with a sick child crying out to God for help. \u00a0It is a beautiful song, but each time I hear it I always imagine how God must have cried out to us in the hours leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion.<\/p>\n

Can you hear Me?<\/em>
\nCan you see Him? <\/em>
\nPlease don’t leave Him. <\/em>
\nHe is not just anyone, He is My Son!<\/em><\/p>\n

Friday I heard this beautiful song again. A strong desire came into my heart to write a version giving us a tiny glimpse of the painful cries our Holy Father made into our deaf ears as He went through the suffering of watching His Son die.<\/p>\n

He’s My Son\u00a0by Mark Schultz<\/a>
\n(original lyrics<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The re-written Lyrics are in bold<\/strong> below. \u00a0Please see the link above for all of the original lyrics by Mark Schultz.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking down from on high tonight,<\/strong>
\nDreading the moment He sets things right.<\/strong>
\nSee He i<\/strong>s a boy that needs your love.<\/strong>
\nI’ve done all that I can do from above.<\/strong>
\nHe now knows His fate,<\/strong>
\nTo shoulder your sin and hate<\/strong>
\nTonight as He prays,<\/strong>
\nHe asks, how to show you the way.<\/strong>
\nAnd He<\/strong> tries
\nNot to cry
\nAs the tears fill His<\/strong> eyes.<\/p>\n

Can You hear Me?
\nAm I getting through tonight?
\nCan you see Him?
\nCan you pray for Him this night?<\/strong>
\nIf You can hear Me
\nPlease send Him all your love.<\/strong>
\nSee, He’s not just anyone, He’s My Son.<\/p>\n

Every night I watch Him sleep,<\/strong>
\nAmazed at the man He’s grown to be<\/strong>
\nI send Him strength and see Him through.<\/strong>
\nOpen your eyes, oh how He loves you!<\/strong>
\nHe will never grow old,<\/strong>
\nYet lives life without fear<\/strong>
\nWhat would you be<\/strong>
\nIf He’d never come here?<\/strong>
\nHis time grows near,<\/strong>
\nHe prays for you,<\/strong>
\nLet Him know that you’re there.<\/p>\n

Can you hear Me?
\nAm I getting through tonight?
\nCan you see Him?
\nCan you pray for Him this night?<\/strong>
\nIf you can hear Me
\nPlease send Him all your love.<\/strong>
\nSee, He’s not just anyone, He’s My Son.<\/p>\n

Can You hear me?
\nAm I getting through tonight?
\nCan You see Him?
\nCan you pray for Him this night?<\/strong>
\nIf You can hear me
\nPlease send Him all your love.<\/strong>
\nSee, He’s not just anyone.<\/p>\n

Can you hear Me?
\nCan you see Him?
\nPlease don’t leave Him,
\nHe’s My Son.
\n_________<\/p>\n

Thank you Mark Schultz<\/a> for this beautiful song that has opened my eyes just a little bit more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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