Because He Spoke to Me

If you're familiar with much of my music, you'll know I often imagine myself into scenes from the life of the Savior, and wonder... would I have known Him? How would I have responded to the things He said?

As I wrote this song for our 2011 Easter Program, I thought about this idea again, and the one thing of which I was certain is this: if I had heard the voice of Christ, I would have been forever changed, just as I am changed each time I hear His voice in the scriptures, through the words of the prophets, and through the quiet witness of the Holy Ghost..

Scores

Solo: PDF / .pc *
SSATB: PDF / .pc
Flute obbligato: PDF / .pc *
Cello obbligato: PDF / .pc *

*also available in the "What I Believe" songbook.

Lyrics

Would I have sought Him long ago,
  and been among the blessed?
When Jesus said,
  “Come unto me, and I will give you rest.”
Would I have heard the voice of heaven calling,
  calling tenderly?
Would I have been forever changed,
  because He spoke to me?

Would I have followed hungering,
  to feast on living bread?
To drink of living water,
  never knowing thirst again?
Would I have heard the voice of heaven calling,
  calling tenderly?
Would I have been forever changed,
  because He spoke to me?

Would I have turned to listen 
     as He taught in Galilee?
Would I have heard the voice of God 
     speaking by the sea?
Would I have knelt before Him  
     knowing He could make me whole?
That He could touch my sightless eyes, 
     and free my sin-bound soul?

Recordings

Listen: MP3 Recording by James Loynes:

 
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Listen: MP3 Accompaniment Track:


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CD: What I Believe

Flute: Anne Lauritzen
Cello: Ramona McConkie

I seek Him now and hear Him gently calling me by name
Again He says, “Come unto me,”  my Jesus, still the same
And I can hear the voice of heaven calling, calling tenderly
I have been forever changed  because He spoke to me

This song is part of the "Praise to the Lord" cantata.

 

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