Story Behind the Song
This song is based on a revelation that Jesus did not bring a note (message), He WAS the note! Everything He said, everything He did, was said and done to guide US, step by step, into maturity - not as a particular religious sect, but as the human species - so that we can claim the promise of our choice to "Live and NOT Die"!!!
Lyrics
The Note
Peggy Gladden
August 2000
There I stood at the crossroads, not knowing which way that I would go
I've been down so many roads that lead to nowhere in my life
Running from everything I knew was right
Then I remembered The Note my Daddy sent to me
The one I read then fled into the night
He said, child of mine, please come home
Come let me hold you in my arms just one more time
He said, I know you’re crying and I'll wipe away your tears
He said, child of mine, oh child of mine, I love you
Well, as I stood there in the crossroads
Wondering why I’d run so long ago
Then I wept such bitter tears as I began to see
Someone took The Note He sent and nailed it to a tree
I said, Father, oh what a fool I've been
I've wasted my life, I've thrown it all away
Then there He stood, in the crossroads
He knew which way that I would go
He said, I waited here for you, I knew that you'd pass by
I've been down every road, saw every tear, and I heard your every cry
He said, child of mine, welcome home
Come let me hold you in my arms for all time
He said, I know you’re crying and I'll wipe away your tears
He said, child of mine, I love you
I said, but you don’t know all the things that I've done
I've done some things to make you shamed that I’m your son
He said, child of Mine, I don’t care, don't you know I love you
He said, child of Mine, child of Mine, I just love you
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