Song "I Heard Him Come"

Jesus visits a Leper Colony

There is a great song that I love called:  I Heard Him Come.   The song tells of Jesus visiting a leper colony.  The song was written by Jeff Goodrich.  A group called Afterglow sings the song and I invite you to look it up.  I am going to post the lyrics here.  This song helps me when I feel down.  I am dealing with a constant bleeding trachea and a tracheal stent.  I do not have any chance of ever being rid of the problem.  It forced me to quit teaching school. (I was a science teacher.)  Sometimes I feel like a leper.  I wear a scarf over my tracheotomy tube stent but sometimes when someone gets a glimpse of it I feel rather self conscious.  But again, this song give me hope.  I know that one day I will be resurrected and have a glorified and perfected body. . . and if I repent of my sins and try to serve others I will get to live with my family and my Savior for all eternity.   

There is a story in the Holy Bible where ten lepers come to see Jesus and he heals them.  Then only one comes back to thank him.  I think that story reminds us to be grateful for our many blessings and try not to focus on the negative things in our lives.  Now, I don't recall the Bible telling of Jesus visiting a leper colony, but everything he did is not written down.  I can picture him going to a leper colony, a place of no hope, and healing the people who had been smitten with that terrible disease.  So thank you Brother Goodrich and Afterglow for the song.    

I Heard Him Come

  By Jeff Goodrich

I heard him come

I saw his very face
I wondered who
Would come into this place
Where dead men walk
And where the dying talk
Of life before
The curse upon them came.

He looked on me;
He must have felt my gaze
He came toward me,
Through the crowded maze,
And I a leper in shame, hid my head
Till someone said, “Jesus, is his name”
And he said,

Nations fall behind him
The rivers crawl to find him.
Mountains move
Just to let him through.
Come and never leave him
Just let your heart believe him.
And never let his light go
(Echo) Never let his light go
Never let your love grow dim.

He fed a thousand
With one loaf of bread
I saw him raise
A child from the dead
He healed the sick
The blind man saw his eyes
The lame man stood
And joyous were his cries
And he said:

Nations fall behind him
The rivers crawl to find him
Mountains move
Just to let him through
Come and never leave him
Just let your heart believe him
And never let his light go

(Echo) never let his light go
Never let your love grow dim

I saw his pain
As they nailed him to a cross
Wish that we
Could understand the cause
He looked on me
As he had once before
Saying, “Teach my word
To all forever more”
And I'll say:

Nations fall behind him
The river crawl to find him
Mountains move
Just to let him through
Come and never him
Just believe
And never let his light go
(Echo) never let his light go
Never let your light grow dim