“Come to me (Jesus), all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
Christian Hymn by Will L. Thompson
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling for you and for me
See on the portals He’s waiting and watching
Watching for you and for me
Come home, come home
Ye who are weary come home
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling, “O sinner come home”
O for the wonderful love He has promised
Promised for you and for me
Though we have sinned He has mercy and pardon
Pardon for you and for me
Come home, come home
Ye who are weary come home
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling, “O sinner come home”
All you who are weary, come home. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been allowed to be very weary in life. I was worn out trying to be self-sufficient (didn’t know it at the time), trying to achieve, trying to impress, trying to compete, trying to do this and that perfectly, trying to prove my worth, trying to live up to expectations, trying, trying, trying…
Whewie…
I simply could not conceive of another way, another life, a wonderful life beyond my knowledge and understanding.
What Jesus allowed me to discover is that weary ones will be given the key to the Kingdom of Heaven – Ears to hear, a heart that is now ready to listen and be tuned into the most glorious voice in all of existence, Jesus’ precious, lovely, grace-filled words, “Come home.”
Who is weary but the person who doesn’t yet know His grace. Those who for this reason or that are still striving and living day to day (probably unwittingly like I was) in their own fears, contrivances and strength. It’s the blessed weary ones who Jesus is after. They’re the ones He’s calling to. They’re the ones who will find His way home.
Behold, I (God) will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 43:19
Come to Me (Jesus), all you who are weary. Come home and rest.
God bless,
Mark