{"id":17052,"date":"2014-01-17T00:45:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T05:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=17052"},"modified":"2014-01-16T23:55:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T04:55:32","slug":"just","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/17\/just\/","title":{"rendered":"Just as I Am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16629\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>~ \u00a0<strong>Listen while you read, please! \u00a0<\/strong>~<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just as I am &#8211; without one plea, b<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">ut that Thy blood was shed for me,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And that Thou bidst me come to Thee\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8211; O Lamb of God, I come!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just as I am &#8211; and waiting not t<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">o rid my soul of one dark blot,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8211; O Lamb of God, I come!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just as I am &#8211; though toss\u2019d about w<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">ith many a conflict, many a doubt,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Fightings and fears within, without\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8211; O Lamb of God, I come!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just as I am &#8211; poor, wretched, blind; s<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">ight, riches, healing of the mind,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Yea, all I need, in Thee to find &#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0O Lamb of God, I come!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just as I am &#8211; Thou wilt receive, w<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">ilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Because Thy promise I believe\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8211; O Lamb of God, I come!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just as I am &#8211; Thy love unknown h<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">as broken every barrier down;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8211; O Lamb of God, I come!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just as I am &#8211; of that free love; t<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">he breadth, length, depth, and height to prove,<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Here for a season, then above\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8211; O Lamb of God, I\u00a0come!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/82nP4HIT68A\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>May 15, 1975, in Jackson, Mississippi, at a Billy Graham Crusade, I took my daddy\u2019s hand and walked down flights and flights of stairs to the stage where Mr. Graham was preaching and made my public profession of faith. \u00a0The Holy spirit moved in me during this hymn&#8212;and my life was forever changed. \u00a0As I sit here, with my sweet daddy\u2019s brown Bible open to where he wrote all about that day, I am so grateful. I have Jesus as my Savior and I will never be the same. Never underestimate the power of music, sweet friends!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust As I Am\u201d was written by Charlotte Elliot. \u00a0Her life was a testimony of patience and endurance in suffering&#8212;physically, emotionally, and spiritually. She was ill in her 40\u2019s with pain that was often debilitating. \u00a0She felt useless to God until, \u00a0one night before a bazaar to benefit a school, she began to question everything. \u00a0She started thinking that maybe God was just an illusion of emotions&#8230; that maybe that\u2019s what spirituality is. \u00a0The next day, she felt her life questions must be met and conquered in the grace of God. \u00a0So there, she took a pen and paper and wrote for her own comfort, \u201cthe formula of her faith.\u201d \u00a0She then had it published in \u201cThe Invalid\u2019s Hymn Book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For years now, \u201cJust As I Am\u201d has been sung as a hymn of invitation in church gatherings all over the U.S. and beyond. \u00a0But to me it is personal&#8212;it\u2019s my salvation&#8212; and it is where my relationship with my Lord began. \u00a0And so I wrote my own words of commitment:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">~Just as I am &#8211; not having to say or do anything, You died and shed Your blood for me, and that You would have us come to You, &#8211; O Lamb of God, yes, we come!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">~Just as I am &#8211; right now, rid my soul of this darkness and sin, even one. Your blood can cleanse it all &#8211; O Lamb of God, yes, we come!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">~Just as I am &#8211; though I am trudging through mud and trials. I have so many conflicts and sometimes I doubt You. I choose fear over faith sometimes &#8211; but You call and I come!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">~Just as I am &#8211; poor, wretched, blind. Yet You give sight, riches, blessings, and healing, both physically and spiritually and emotionally. Yet, all I need is You, in You I find complete healing, when I seek You, I find You &#8211; O Jesus, I come!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">~Just as I am &#8211; right where I am, You accept me, You receive me with open arms. I am welcomed, pardoned, cleansed and relieved!!! Because all Your promises are true and You always come through &#8211; O Lamb of God, I come!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">~Just as I am &#8211; Your love unknown has broken down every barrier, every one! Now to be Yours, yes Yours alone &#8211; O God, I come!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">~Just as I am &#8211; Your love is free. It stretches to the Heavens and there is no end to it, here for a season, then above &#8211; O Lamb of God, I come!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We come, on our knees, to Him and He receive us with open arms, always! \u00a0Where are you today? God knows and He cares; \u00a0and He loves you so much! \u00a0Run to Him and rest. \u00a0He is waiting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Let us pray<\/strong><\/span>: \u00a0Dear God, this hymn in itself is our prayer. Just as we are, without one plea, we thank You for shedding Your blood for us, so that we are free to live with You forever. Thank You for breaking down the barriers for us. Thank You for Your endless love that is freely given. You forgive and forgive again; and You accept each of just as we are. <span style=\"color: #800080;\">O Lamb of God, we come<\/span>. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>~ \u00a0Listen while you read, please! \u00a0~ Just as I am &#8211; without one plea, but that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidst me come to Thee\u00a0&#8211; O Lamb of God, I come! 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