Gloria Gaither (b. March 4, 1942) is a songwriter for gospel music, along with her husband, Bill Gaither. She also sang in the Bill Gaither Trio, one of the most influential groups in recent Christian music.
He Saw Me
Bill & Gloria Gaither Lyrics
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'Neath a load of guilt and shame
Then the hand of Jesus touched me,
And now I am no longer the same
He touched me, oh He touched me,
And oh the joy that floods my soul!
Something happened and now I know,
Since I met this blessed Savior,
Since He cleansed and made me whole,
I will never cease to praise Him,
I'll shout it while eternity rolls
He touched me, oh He touched me,
And oh the joy that floods my soul!
Something happened and now I know
He touched me and made me whole
The lyrics to Bill & Gloria Gaither's song He Touched Me depicts the transformation that occurs when one encounters Jesus. The first verse describes the burden of guilt and shame that a person can carry with them. They feel shackled by this weight until the hand of Jesus touches them. The touch of Jesus represents a transformative experience, and the burden the person carries is lifted. The touch of Jesus brings about a change, and the person rejoices. The second verse alludes to a continued journey of faith that the person takes since encountering Jesus. The newfound feelings of joy and thankfulness for the experience are so strong they cause the person to shout it out to the world for all eternity.
The lyrics of He Touched gives a perfect description of the transformative effect of Jesus and the joy experienced by those who encounter Him. The transformative power of God is a vast and complex concept, but the lyrics of He Touched Me describe it in simple and relatable terms. The song reminds the listener of the power of faith and the immense positive impact a relationship with Jesus can have on one's life.
Line by Line Meaning
Shackled by a heavy burden,
Weighted down by a heavy burden,
'Neath a load of guilt and shame
Underneath the weight of guilt and shame
Then the hand of Jesus touched me,
At that moment, Jesus reached out and touched me
And now I am no longer the same
As a result, I am a changed person
He touched me, oh He touched me,
Jesus touched me, oh what a feeling of joy!
And oh the joy that floods my soul!
My soul was filled with so much joy that it overflowed
Something happened and now I know,
Something significant occurred, and I am now aware of it
He touched me and made me whole
Jesus touched me and restored me to wholeness
Since I met this blessed Savior,
Ever since I encountered this wonderful Savior,
Since He cleansed and made me whole,
Since He purified me and restored me to completeness,
I will never cease to praise Him,
I will never stop giving Him praise,
I'll shout it while eternity rolls
I will shout my praise even as eternity goes on
Lyrics © CAPITOL CHRISTIAN MUSIC GROUP, BMG Rights Management, Capitol CMG Publishing
Written by: William J. Gaither
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@kennedyrivera8639
On a balcony of space
stepped a pure and holy God.
And in awesome solitude
He stood, alone.
Not one faint scare,
to give Him light.
Just endless rolling, blackest night.
But somehow through all the darkest,
He could see--
He saw mountains high
and lofty.
He saw valleys
lush and green.
He saw babbling brooks,
wildflowers grow,
even heard
a robbin sea.
But He found, a strange compassion
as close to love as pain can be
standing out there, in His tomorrows
He saw me.....
He saw me, in His likeness, He saw me,
just like Him.
PURE,
CLEAN,
and HOLY.
Spotless, white within.
But He saw me bound, in heavy chains.
And longed to set me free, but He knew If I became like Him,
He must become like me.
He washed it white as snow.
@MD-hg9dq
A prayer requiring faith to know HIS LOVE SAVES.
On a balcony of space STEPPED A PURE AND HOLY GOD. IN AWESOME SOLITUDE YOU STOOD ALONE. Not one faint star to give YOU light; just endless darkness, it was blackest night. But somehow in the darkness YOU COULD SEE.
YOU SAW mountains high and lofty, YOU SAW valleys lush and green. YOU SAW babbling brooks, and wildflowers grow, YOU EVEN HEARD a robin sing. Then through YOUR COMPASSION STANDING OUT THERE IN YOUR TOMORROW, YOU SAW forum's visitors. 🥰
YOU SAW them as sinners because there is no intrinsic righteousness in any of us due to Adam’s sin. YOU SAW them as they grew from a baby into adulthood due to YOUR HANDS OF MERCY. 🥰 YOU SAW them pursuing a career path for the purpose of obtaining the gains of the world not realizing that it is a loss compared to what YOU DID on the cross. YOU SAW them working long and laboring hard to receive the grace by justification even though YOU stated, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."(John 6:29 KJV) YOU SAW the unwillingness to accept YOUR PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST. YOU SAW them living with the guilt of committing crimes to the heart. YOU SAW them enduring personal crisis. YOU SAW the weight of the burden on their hearts with each tribulation. YOU SAW them seeking comfort from the above mentioned topography, ONE OF THE MANY MARVELS YOUR PERFECT HANDS HAVE MADE. 👏👏👏 YOU SAW their worries about tomorrow.
If their hearts were a window that they could look through, oh the pains and scars they would see. What a cruel fate the skin gives as a mask to the inward pain. But the skin couldn’t cover THE SUFFERING YOUR ONE AND ONLY SON BORED on the cross as PAYMENT for all our sins because HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ALONE HAD THE MERIT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR HOLINESS. Indeed, ONLY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SUFFICIENT TO SAVE us from this present evil world as evidenced by Mary's song of praise. "And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." (Luke 1:46-47 KJV) Awesome thanks to YOUR GREAT PARDON for being easy on the heart. 🥰
They have seen a lot of crazy things done in YOUR NAME. For example, the father of lies futile attempts to make crooked the right ways of the LORD to turn people away from faith in the WORKS OF JESUS CHRIST ALONE. How can anyone bear the thought of his or her life story detracting from the GLORY AND HONOR KNOWN TO BELONG TO CHRIST ALONE? As a consequence, YOU ARE A MYSTERY OF GREAT MYSTERY to them. Despite this conviction, YOU ARE MINDFUL of them as evidenced by the fact that YOUR JUDGEMENT is not speedy, allowing them to pursue the desires of the flesh.
They are aware of hypocrisy in religious assemblies that like to be seen and heard. In addition, secular education teaches that there is no right and wrong, if GOD exists there is no way of relating to HIM, and moral standards shift according to the whims of fashion. Therefore, their minds are conditioned to question everything this world has to offer including “THY POWER THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE DISPLAYED.” They have accepted the heavy burden of dealing with the troubles of this life and seeks to know another way, YOU THE GREAT COMFORTER TO ALL who did receive YOU as their personal SAVIOR. Still, YOU have shown them NEW MERCY every day with each thought they make and each breath they take.
Unfortunately, like the prodigal son, we are all guilty of wandering far from YOU LORD because the negative experiences of our lives tend to build roadblocks to the TRUTH. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST HELP them to identify the way, truth, and eternal life (that is YOU). Since to know and follow your SPIRIT is more exciting than any 007 movie, and YOU DELIGHT MAKING the ordinary into extraordinary. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST MAKE them understand that there is no way around YOUR TRUTH, and that there is something about YOUR NAME. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST HELP them defeat in their minds what is false in YOUR EYES.
LORD GUIDE their thoughts to know that the path of sin is hard on their hearts for the purpose of crying out to YOU to know the joy, peace of having the heavy burden LIFTED by THE GOD OF PEACE I AM, and ANCHOR their souls in THE HAVEN OF REST. In other words, LORD use the storms in their lives to get a hold of them to trust YOU and believe. In truth, YOU ARE THE JOY that seekest them through pain.
LORD HELP their fainting hearts to believe that YOU, who was slain on the cross over 2000 years ago has the POWER TO CHANGE lives today through the INSTANTANEOUS GREAT FAVOR from GOD to the house of Israel made known in believers by YOU to make YOUR NAME EVERLASTING. 🥰 For as the statue liberates the citizens so the cross liberates the soul. ONLY YOU can calm the trouble waters of the mind when one admits to wanting salvation from one’s sinful nature, JESUS IS LORD, and believes in the heart that GOD RAISED HIM from the dead TO LIFT the heavy burden of sin's guilt away from the heart in accordance to YOUR WORD found in Psalm 51:1-10 KJV. 👏👏👏👏👏👏 O, the wonder of it all to experience within the flesh the feeling of a tree being cut back/pruned inorder for it to grow stronger and more beautiful after meditating on the words of said Psalm. 🥰🙌
LORD MAKE them know that ONLY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, through the experience of a new birth within believers, can prevent the family circle from being broken because THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE YOU HAVE GRANTED means a chapter of their lives is decided. Creation sings the rebirth song for them yearly, through YOUR PROMISE of springtime, giving rise to the idea that by the mention of YOUR NAME flowers grow, and the desert blooms again. 🥰
LORD GUIDE their understanding of words to use to come into YOUR PRESENCE with an honest reverence of WHO YOU ARE to experience the beauty that time can't erase YOUR WISDOM resting on their faces. LORD STRENGTHEN their determination to never waiver in efforts to search for YOU because the wages of sin is too high for anyone to pay. Additionally, THE KING OF KINGS is needed in their hearts to learn how to expand their capacity to love for YOU are LOVE in any language. 🥰 Once they learn to speak it with boldness through YOUR WONDERFUL COUNSELING all the world will hear, and know that LOVE is the language of their hearts. So LORD, KEEP KNOCKING on their doors until they let YOU in to know hardships and struggles will end with a GREAT CELEBRATION WITH YOU. 🥰🙌
If one believes faith cannot be forced, YOU WILL GIVE that individual over to the stubborn heart to follow own counsel which will surely fail him or her to the extent that the punishment will last forever found in Psalms 81 NIV. Given this, I pray that YOU WILL MAKE that person see that this feeling is wasted for a world in which we become strangers as we age, gives us thrills instead of peace, aims to solve a problem but creates another, and unrest surges with each passing generation. Shed some light into their broken hearts for YOU ARE THE GREAT JEHOVAH, THE GOD THAT HEALETH thee.
Lastly, LORD when they call on YOU in earnest prayer to come into their hearts to be born again, I pray that YOU WILL GIVE them the blessed assurance of their salvation because nothing breaks YOUR HEART, or tears YOU apart like when they cry from the trials of the devil who comes to slander, falsely accuse, steal, kill & destroy. Only by drawing nearer to YOU LORD will put them on a path to a glorious one way trip winding upward to YOU where pain is not welcome because the heart will never break anymore. For ONLY YOU UNDERSTANDS our tears since YOU LOOK at the heart, while humans look at the flesh.
O LOVE that will not let them go. When they don't have the strength to try, and have cried all they can cry hear their hearts that need YOU more today than yesterday. Many thanks LORD for speaking TRUTH in our lives TO BLESS those who are not offended by THEE. LET YOUR WILL BE DONE because YOUR LOVE ALONE CONQUERS everything by WAITING for them to cease struggling, and finally surrender to YOUR EMBRACE to learn about YOUR LOVE AND PROMISE TO TAKE CARE of your children exquisitely. 🥰 Since... "at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore"... (Psalms 16:11 KJV), and the nail print for them to know YOU by answering the following question. How did CHRIST LOVE people into a relationship with HIM? 🥰
@norrisb0616
The Anointing of The Holy Spirit Flows ALL through this song.
@ricksimmons6055
What a True Man Of God. I pray that everyone that watches this , I pray, God May meet your needs. Jesus Name...Bless his Family and you who Posted this.And those who see it.
@82McKinley
Everyone, everyone should hear Bro. Ewing preach "There Was Given to Me a Thorn". This song is beautiful, song with strong anointing.
@lessieroth5995
Grew up listening to this Man of God. From a child. Everything I felt, everything that was revealed to me in my upbringing, His preaching, teaching. If I EVER become weaker, if I EVER give in to the ways of the world, if I EVER become less that what my Elders preached, taught, and lived? If being popular, or famous makes me lose my heritage, then I AM Lost. God hold me to my standard of Holiness. Hold Me to my Heritage. Hold ME to truth. Keep me humble. Keep me Broken. Keep me alone with YOU Lord.
@veronaskyers4946
Christ died in my place
@MamaLuvsBabyD
I cry every time. I've wanted to sing this song forever but I can't get through it without sobbing. Thank you Jesus for your love!
@judithfairchild8620
Cry that's Jesus loving you. Sing girl sing
@ryandawson2877
I get choked up and weep nearly every time as well.
@susanday8229
So overwhelming. I cried too
@77745880
could always feel the spirit when Bro.ewing sings He was truly a man of God