Songs for Terrible Times: Song 3: Friend by Jonathan Ogden

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Friend, by Jonathan Ogden

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Reflections
  1. I love how the lines end on the attributes of God and powerful images: "Faithful/You are always faithful...Patient/You are always patient... And your kindness/Leads me to repentance"  what a power thought in terrible times!
  2. And this refrain: "All my sins you have covered/ You have covered for me/ All your love is like no other/ Like no other, Jesus"  repeats and such a good thought to return to.  
  3. This song is about simply appreciating the simplicity of being forgiven by a loving Jesus who is the best friend we could hope for.  It is not a head-hanging sad song, nor is it a self-hating song about sin, just simple appreciation for the center of Christianity: Christ died for each and every one of us, to bring a life of joyful repentance.  He did this to bring us into a relationship with him.  Forever!
  4. This song's beginning is just wonderful... just clear slow enunciation of who God is  "Faaaaaithful.  You are always faaaithful"  I cannot tell you how many times I have had to remember this about God as I have woken up with little desire to go to work, to face the difficulties of the day.  This song is a simple gift, both in Spanish and English.  I hope you savor it frequently.

Faithful
You are always faithful
Patient
You are always patient
I have found you in the stillness, in the quiet
I have heard you in the fountain, in the flood
There is nothing that could ever separate me
You have paid for all my sins with your own blood
Holy one
Your love is relentless
And your kindness
Leads me to repentance
Oh your love is like an all-consuming fire
It is passioned and will never be contained
The desire of my heart is just to know you
To behold your perfect beauty all my days
And I know,
I know you'll never let me go
Spirit help me reach the end
When I fall to start again
I know
I know, that I'm never on my own
You're my savior, you're my friend
You are faithful to the end
To the end
All my sins you have covered
You have covered for me
All your love is like no other
Like no other, Jesus
All my sins you have covered
You have covered for me
All your love is like no other
Like no other, Jesus
All my sins you have covered
You have covered for me
All your love is like no other
Like no other, Jesus
All my sins you have covered
You have covered for me
All your love is like no other
Like no other, Jesus
And I know,
I know you'll never let me go
Spirit help me reach the end
When I fall to start again
I know
I know, that I'm never on my own
You're my savior, you're my friend
You are faithful to the end
To the end


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