The Only Thing

Yes, there is a lot of life that I haven't posted about, but those things will have to wait. Life is quite busy now that Miss McK is doing a good job of keeping up with her older siblings.

I HAD to share this song. I heard it on Pandora the other day, and the chorus stuck with me. It totally sums up how I feel about myself these days...and that's not a bad thing. Then I got a FB message from a friend yesterday full of wonderful observations about me and the way I handle life...and then she shared she had always wanted to grow up to be me. I was floored. My first thought was, "NO! NO! NO! Please, dear one, DO NOT strive to be like me! I'm such a mess! If only you knew...if only you knew."

Tonight I searched for the lyrics and a link to share the song with our worship pastor (who kindly reads my emails when I find a "new" song). As I read the words again, I was floored at how they captured what happened yesterday so perfectly. It is truth...powerful truth...and I wanted to share it.

I couldn't find it on playlist to add to my player nor could I figure out how to post the YouTube video here so simply click here to listen for yourself.

Here are the words to THE ONLY THING by Ronnie Freeman:

I heard someone say the other day
They'd seen in me true love displayed
Blessed by something I had done for them

No sooner did they speak those words
I found myself somehow disturbed
Uneasy as I took their compliment

Because I know the heart inside this man
And I know the truth of who I am

The only thing that's good in me is Jesus
The only thing that's good in me is Jesus
I've lived long enough to know that no matter what this life may show
The only thing that's good in me is Jesus

If you could walk the hallways of my heart
And see things as they really are
I wonder if you might be surprised

Seeing faded walls of pride and fear
Rooms I've filled with faithless tears
And corners where I've stood in compromise

Oh but you'd see the work His grace has done
And you'd know just how far I've come

The only thing that's good in me is Jesus
The only thing that's good in me is Jesus
I've lived long enough to know no matter what this life may show
The only thing that's good in me is Jesus

And in a thousand years
When the dust of this world clears
And I look back on my life and see in perfect life

The only thing that's good in me is You, Lord
The only thing that's good in me is Jesus
I know me well enough to know
The only thing that's good in me
The only thing that's good in me
I know me well enough to know no matter what this life may show
The only thing that's good in me is Jesus