I was looking through one of our hymnbooks just a bit ago and came across the one below…a very familiar one to me!\u00a0 As I sat there singing the words to myself, one of my first thoughts was –\u00a0\u00a0“Wow, I’m sure THIS song wasn’t written by a Calvinist”.\u00a0 I’m very thankful for songs such as these…I’m VERY thankful He included ME! And, He included YOU TOO!<\/p>\n
\u00a0I am so happy in Christ today,
\nThat I go singing along my way;
\nYes, I\u2019m so happy to know and say,
\n\u201cJesus included me, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
CHORUS: Jesus included me, yes, He included me,<\/strong><\/em> Gladly I read, \u201cWhosoever may Ever God\u2019s Spirit is saying, \u201cCome!\u201d \u201cFreely come drink,\u201d words the soul to thrill! (Johnson Oatman, Jr.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was looking through one of our hymnbooks just a bit ago and came across the one below…a very familiar one to me!\u00a0 As I sat there singing the words to myself, one of my first thoughts was –\u00a0\u00a0“Wow, I’m sure THIS song wasn’t written by a Calvinist”.\u00a0 I’m very thankful for songs such as these…I’m VERY thankful He included ME! And, He included YOU TOO! \u00a0I am so happy in Christ today, That I go singing along my way; Yes, I\u2019m so happy to know and say, \u201cJesus included me, too.\u201d CHORUS: Jesus included me, yes, He included me, When the Lord said, \u201cWhosoever,\u201d He included me; Jesus included me, yes, He included me, When the Lord said, \u201cWhosoever,\u201d He included me. Gladly I read, \u201cWhosoever may Come to the fountain of life today\u201d; But when I read it I always say, \u201cJesus included me, too.\u201d Ever God\u2019s Spirit is saying, \u201cCome!\u201d Hear the Bride saying, \u201cNo longer roam\u201d; But I am sure while they\u2019re calling home, Jesus included me, too. \u201cFreely come drink,\u201d words the soul to thrill! O with what joy they my heart do fill! For when He said, \u201cWhosoever will,\u201d Jesus included me, too. (Johnson Oatman, Jr.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59,29,23,15,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gods-love","category-gods-word","category-grace","category-salvation","category-song"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-1dm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4673,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4672\/revisions\/4673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n When the Lord said, \u201cWhosoever,\u201d He included me;<\/strong><\/em>
\n Jesus included me, yes, He included me,<\/strong><\/em>
\n When the Lord said, \u201cWhosoever,\u201d He included me.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
\nCome to the fountain of life today\u201d;
\nBut when I read it I always say,
\n\u201cJesus included me, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nHear the Bride saying, \u201cNo longer roam\u201d;
\nBut I am sure while they\u2019re calling home,
\nJesus included me, too.<\/p>\n
\nO with what joy they my heart do fill!
\nFor when He said, \u201cWhosoever will,\u201d
\nJesus included me, too.<\/p>\n