Hi, friends! I would like to share a song, on this Good Friday and Easter weekend. It is called “Come Unto Me”, and is sung by my sweet (and brave) daughter.

My dear and amazingly talented friend, Emily Pond Ricks , co-wrote this song with me. We submitted it for consideration for the new Children’s Songbook our church is putting out within the next couple years.

I hope this song will teach our precious little ones (and all of us, as children of God! ) that Jesus wants us to come to Him, no matter how we are feeling and no matter what we have done. Because He suffered and died for us, He knows EVERY pain we have experienced; He can and WILL help us through anything, when we accept His invitation to: “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your soul. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
(Matthew 11:28-30)

I have experienced this first hand in my life, when I have needed to bring some pretty heavy emotions to God. I was even angry *at* God for a period of time, in my grieving process after my brother, Ashton, died by suicide in January of 2014. I didn’t feel like I could bring that kind of emotion to God; I had to be free of anger first. This is not true but it’s how I felt for awhile. Through a series of tender experiences, though, I realized that if God “can’t take” our heaviest emotions, who can? He *can* and He will. I have felt God’s grace lift me from despair and anguish.

I (and Emily!) wanted to have a song to teach this truth to even the littlest of our little ones.
Enjoy!

Come Unto Me

When I feel sad or worried or mad, if I feel alone: Jesus says, “Come.”
When I’m afraid and when I have made mistakes Jesus says:
“Come, come unto me and learn of me.”
He says, “Come, little ones, come; come unto me.”

When I am crying, if I am trying hard to forgive:
Jesus says, “Come.”
When I am wrong, when I feel I don’t belong
Jesus says:
“Come, come unto me and learn of me.”
He says, “Come, little ones, come; come unto me.”

Jesus, my Savior, felt every pain;
He suffered for me so I can come.
I’ll choose to trust in Him and His endless Love
When He says:
“Come, come unto me and learn of me.”
He says, “Come, little ones, come; come unto me.

Copyright 2019 Candace Evans, Emily Pond Ricks

Happy Easter!
He is risen!

Edit: Please feel free to share this! I hope for EVERY child, and Child of God, to hear, feel and understand this message!