Wrote and recorded this one in 1978. Fastest I ever wrote a song: 1/2 hour. Re-recoeded it in 2021 with improved recording equipment and beefed up the orchestral arrangement.
jesus
christ
salvation
living water
invitation
spiritual thirst
Story behind the song
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. -Isaiah 1:18 (KJV)
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. -Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." -John 4:13-14 (NIV)
He said to me: It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. -Rev 21:6 (NIV)
The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let the one who hears say, "Come!" Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. -Rev. 22:17 (NIV)
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Rev. 22:22 (NIV)
Lyrics
Come, let us reason together
There is something I want you to know
Though your sins be as scarlet and crimson
I will wash you as white as the snow
CHORUS:
Come to Me, Come to Me
All who are weary come
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
And your soul will find rest in Me
Come, everyone who is thirsty
Come everyone who will
Come as you are to the river of life
Where your soul can drink its fill
(Repeat CHORUS)
And at the end of the journey
When life on earth is done
I know that my joy will be complete
When I hear my Lord say, Come.
(Repeat CHORUS)
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