John Hilton III

I love Jesus Christ. I also love music. So as you can imagine, I really love music about Jesus Christ. A couple years ago I heard a song about the Savior that I thought was so beautiful that I’ve been frequently listening to it ever since. The song is called “I Am.”

In order to understand this song, you need to know that one of the titles for the Savior is “I AM.” So the song talks about the Savior and how at every stage of our lives HE IS there. He is the “I AM” for each of us and at every phase in our lives he will reach out and help us.

You can watch a video of this song here. Or download it in iTunes here.

Here are the lyrics to this powerful song. If you’d like to have a spiritual experience, I invite you to listen to the song and ponder the question, “How have you felt the love of Jesus Christ in your life?” I know that Jesus Christ lives and that he loves you.

Pencil marks on a wall
I wasn’t always this tall,
You scattered some monsters from beneath my bed,
You watched my team win,
You watched my team lose,
You watched when my bicycle went down again,

CHORUS:
And When I was weak unable to speak,
still I could call You by name,
and I said “Elbow healer, Superhero,
come if You can,” and You said “I am”

Only 16, life is so mean, what kind of curfew is at ten PM
You saw my mistakes, You watched my heart break
Heard when I swore I’d never love again

CHORUS:
When I was weak, unable to speak,
still I could call You by name,
and I said “Heart-ache Healer, Secret-keeper,
be my Best Friend” and You said “I am”

You saw me wear white, by pale candlelight,
I said forever to what lies ahead
two kids and a dream, with kids that can scream
too much it might seem when it’s two AM

CHORUS:
when I am weak, unable to speak,
still I will call You by name.
“Oh Shepherd, Savior, Pasture-maker,
hold on to my hand,” and You say “I am.”

The winds of change,
And circumstance blow in and all around
us so we find a foothold that’s familiar,
And bless the moments that we feel You nearer
Life had begun, I was woven and spun,
You let the angels dance around the throne, who can say when,
But they’ll dance again, when I am free and finally headed home

CHORUS:
I will be weak, unable to speak,
still I will call You by name
“Creator, Maker, Life-sustainer,
Comforter, Healer, My Redeemer,
Lord and King, Beginning and
the End, I am, yes, I am.”

A few years ago I published a CD called The Dog Ate My Scriptures. Recently, a friend emailed and let me know that her dog really ate her scriptures.

Yikes! We’ve got to be careful with the scriptures.

Lately I’ve been pondering on the blessings that come from diligently studying the scriptures. There are so many! The following are just a few scriptures about how studying the scriptures blesses us.

• JS-M 1:37 “Whoso treasureth up my word, shall not be deceived.”
• 2 Ne. 3:15 “[the scriptures] shall bring my people unto salvation.”
• Alma 37:44 “The word of Christ…will point to you a straight course to eternal bliss”
• Alma 17:2-3 “[They] had searched the scriptures diligently…and when they taught, they taught with power and authority of God.”
• 1 Nephi 15:24 “Whoso would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction.
• 2 Nephi 32:3 “The words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.

So don’t let the dog eat our scriptures…let’s you and me feast on them instead!

My good friend Anthony Sweat and I have just published a new book called WHY? — lots of posts on the book and downloads are available at http://ldswhy.com. Feel free to come visit!