I've Just Seen Jesus

I have a total of 48 Easter songs on my Ipod that I have been listening to for the last couple of weeks. One that I play over and over, and in my opinion is the best Easter song ever written and recorded, is "I've Just Seen Jesus". One of the first times I heard it, I was driving and really getting into the song, and was horrified to look at the speedometer and found I was inching toward, if not already at, 70 mph in a 55 mph zone.

Since then, I have heard it in several Passion Plays, and gotten used to it, so hearing it now doesn't turn me into a speed demon. :-) If you have never heard it, give a listen to it, and try to imagine what it must have been like for Mary to find the risen Savior after mourning His death. As the one line in the song says that can apply to us today also, "As if till now, I'd never lived.All that I'd done before, Won't matter anymore. I've just seen Jesus, And I'll never be the same again." Truly if we see Jesus - really see Him- we will never be the same again.

I've Just Seen Jesus

We knew He was dead
It is finished, He said
We had watched as His life ebbed away
Then we all stood around
Till the guards took Him down
Joseph begged for His body that day

It was late afternoon
When we got to the tomb
Wrapped His body and sealed up the grave
So I know how you feel
His death was so real
But please listen and hear what I say

I've just seen Jesus
I tell you He's alive
I've just seen Jesus
Our precious Lord alive
And i knew, He really saw me too
As if till now, I'd never lived
All that I'd done before
Won't matter anymore
I've just seen Jesus
And I'll never be the same again

It was His voice she first heard
Those kind gentle words
Asking what was her reason for tears
And I sobbed in despair
My lord is not there
He said, child! it is I, I am here!

I've just seen Jesus
I tell you He's alive
I've just seen Jesus
Our precious Lord alive
And I knew, He really saw me too
As if till now, I'd never lived
All that I'd done before
Won't matter anymore
I've just seen Jesus