Blisters On My Heart

Although I have no real musical skills of my own, I love music. I love how the rhythm, melody and lyrics can work together to move your soul. I stand in awe of people who can create music.

One of my favorite artists is the late Rich Mullins. His songs make me think and they stick with me long after I have listened to them. He had such an amazing way with words.

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In his song Hold Me Jesus he sings about wrestling with grief and pain and fear. There is this verse where he says, "And I wake up in the night and feel the dark..." Feeling the dark. A fear or grief so intense that it seems more like a physical substance than an emotion. He continues, "It's so hot inside my soul, I swear there must be blisters on my heart." Again, a few simple words that express, in a way that most people don't know how, the pain that many people carry around with them. And somehow, in hearing it expressed by someone else, people find comfort; comfort that someone else understands; that they are not alone in their suffering.

In many ways, this is what the Psalms do for us; they remind us that we are not alone in our suffering. And like the Psalms, Rich Mullins song acts as a prayer. It is a cry to Jesus to hold on to us when we can't hold on to Him. And praise God that He is faithful to do just that.

Here are the lyrics to the entire song:

Hold Me Jesus

Well, sometimes my life
Just don't make sense at all
When the mountains look so big
And my faith just seems so small

CHORUS:
So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

And I wake up in the night and feel the dark
It's so hot inside my soul
I swear there must be blisters on my heart

CHORUS:
So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

Surrender don't come natural to me
I'd rather fight You for something
I don't really want
Than to take what You give that I need
And I've beat my head against so many walls
Now I'm falling down, I'm falling on my knees

And this Salvation Army band
Is playing this hymn
And Your grace rings out so deep
It makes my resistance seem so thin

CHORUS:
So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace