Show Notes for Episode 42

More Than a Sip and a Morsel
By Vic Zarley

Communion with our Lord must be so much more than the symbolic sip of juice
And morsel of bread
O, how the Lord wants to be scooped into us
Use your hands and arms to gather Him in
Take deep breaths and pull, pull Him into your lungs
You will know you have Communion with Christ
When you look upon a world that is hateful and cruel and out to spitefully use you
And, instead, see a world filled with frightened, whimpering people crying out for God.

What if only you could show them a God they could understand? Would you take this responsibility seriously?
This IS exactly that…

More than a sip and a morsel
O, do not nibble and sip our Lord and Savior
Use everything you have within you--hold nothing back for to the extent you do not share Him with others He will be unable to share all His glory with you
Take Him in for good
Take Him in for others
Take Him in for the sad, the lonely, the repentant and the angry
Take Him in for the cruel and the hateful and the murderers and the perverted
        Take Him in for the haughty,
        Yes, especially for everyone who rests on their laurels of accomplishments

More than a sip and a morsel
Go for Him like never before
For now is the day of reckoning
Now is the time of His return
        Be ready with the joy of Christ spilling over into your life and into your world
        For if He is not this much a part of your life,
        If He is not bursting forth gently and lovingly into all the corners of your world,
        Then He has become invisible and distant and is no longer a personal God.
        If He is invisible to you, do you not think He'll be invisible to others as well?
        How can this, then, speak of a caring God
        Who came to earth to save us
        And is here with us even now, as He promised He would be?
More than a sip and a morsel
You are in covenant with God, through Christ
He takes on your enemies, sin and Satan
And defends you
He exchanges your filthy rags of works
And gives you His robe of righteousness
All He asks of you is that you love the Lord your God and your neighbor as yourself

More than a sip and a morsel
Do not be so dainty in your serving
        Have you tasted the Living Water?
        He is coming, He is coming
        Are you cleansed by His blood?
        He is coming, He is coming
        Is there oil in your lamp for the Bridegroom?
        Because He's coming
        Halleluiah, He's coming

Come Unto Me
by Vic Zarley

(Start with chorus) Chorus:
Jesus said to this little child
Come unto me
Oh, can't you see
Come Unto Me?

My tiny feet move awkwardly
(come unto me come unto me)
This baby cries so desperately
(come unto me come unto me)
But Jesus says reassuringly
Come Unto Me
Come Unto Me

I'm running through an open door
(come unto me come unto me)
Finished eating, wanting more
(come unto me come unto me)
Jesus beckons to my very core
Come Unto Me
Come Unto Me (chorus)

Grown up now I know so much
(come unto me come unto me)
I'm longing for the Savior's touch
(come unto me come unto me)
But is this only some kind of crutch?
Come Unto Me
Come Unto Me

I'm lost to life, it's got me down
(come unto me come unto me)
I'm on a perpetual merry-go-round
(come unto me come unto me)
Where's the love I once had found?
Come Unto Me
Come Unto Me (chorus)

Now the years have sped on by
(come unto me come unto me)
My heart can barely hear His cry
(come unto me come unto me
It seems too heard but, yes, I'll try
(come unto me come unto me)

The tears do fall, I'm so assured
Though years I've so ignored His Word
At last the child in me has heard
(come unto me come unto me)

The lyrics to this song were written in Idaho. I had to pull over while driving to Doug Ploss studio where I was recording these songs because a preacher I was listening to on the radio started talking about Jesus' words that we are to "Come unto Me." Later, after recording the vocal and guitar (at the same time, I might add), I moved to Indiana, married my wife, Eva, and we sent this batch of songs I had recorded at Doug's studio (15 of them) to Dean Kaelin, a musical genius friend who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dean added harmonies, keyboard, percussion and, on one song an adult choir and on another song, a children's choir.