NEW SERIES!!! NEW SERIES!!!

I decided that it would be great fun to take some time and write about my songs and tell the stories behind them. I hope that you enjoy these next few posts about some of my favorite songs that I’ve written. As always, I’d love your feedback. I decided that I would start with one of my favorite song stories for the inaugural entry…

I was sitting at home one day when I got a message from a good friend of mine, Liz Hitt. She was getting ready for the annual singing competition called iSing St. Louis that is put on by joyFM. She asked me if I could write her a song that she could sing for the competition. I looked at it as a great challenge and thought it would be fun to do. So I got to writing. I thought all about her voice as we had spent a year together in a group called SpiritWing at Missouri Baptist University. I took all these things into consideration as I started to write. One line continued to stick out in my head…’All I need from You is everything I need for me; I cannot make it on my own.” So I started working around that concept. God really brought this song together in a flash!!! I still can believe how well that worked. Anyway, when it was all said and done, Liz didn’t end up using the song after all. So what did I do? I changed the key and made it work for my voice! It has become one of my favorites and a constant prayer in my life. I actually quoted it in a prayer time with my family last night. Btw, is that conceited to quote your own songs in a prayer? Hmmm…anyway, here are the words to this one.

The Only One I Call
Verse 1
You said You’d guide me if I was faithful and
I was close enough to hear Your voice
Your word would guide me in every step I take
Every move I make

Lord I trust that Your thoughts are higher than my own
Your love is better than any I have known
I can’t believe that You would care for me
Unconditionally

So my heart cries out to You…

Chorus
I want Your Word to guide my hands and feet
Your love to shelter me
Your grace and mercy to be everything I need
Your arms to catch me when I fall
To be my all in all
Your name to be the only one I call

Verse 2
I am overwhelmed by who You are
I can feel Your presence whether near or far
My heart is Yours to model as You please
You take good care of me

My heart’s desire is to be close to You
My life, my soul I’m giving that up too
I won’t continue standing in Your way
I’ll just begin to pray

As my heart cries out to You..

Chorus
I want Your Word to guide my hands and feet
Your love to shelter me
Your grace and mercy to be everything I need
Your arms to catch me when I fall
To be my all in all
Your name to be the only one I call

Bridge
All I need from You is everything I need for me
I cannot make it on my own
All I need from You is everything I need for me
I cannot make it on my own