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That’s Why I Love Jesus The Way I Do

IF YOU ONLY KNEW By Paula Vondenstein

©2019 Bible Belt Blues
Lyrics by Paula Vega Vondenstein

If you only knew where I’ve come from
If you only knew, if you only knew what I’ve been through
Then...you would understand why
Why I love Jesus the way I do
I love You, Jesus; Ohhh...Lord, I love You so

If you only knew how desperate I’d become
If you only knew, If you only knew the mess I’d gotten
into
Then, Then you’d understand why I love Jesus
Oh, You’d understand why I love Jesus the way I do

How..how could I ever forget, how could I forget
All the things He’s done for me? All the things He’s done
He saved me for His very own, His very own...my Lord
My Lord, my Savior, He rescued me, Oh, He rescued me
Jesus, my Lord, He rescued me.

Oh, I’ve...I’ve been forgiven so much
Oh...I’ve...I’ve been forgiven...forgiven so much
That’s why I love Jesus the way I do, Lord Jesus,
Jesus…That’s why I love You the way I do
I love You, I love You Jesus

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I have heard the adage my entire life, “He or she who’s the lyrics just started flowing. At this same time my
been forgiven much, loves much.” It’s actually taken husband, Harold, was in his studio and a new sound
directly from the Bible: Luke 7:47 “For this reason I say emerged from his guitar; a smooth, slow, bluesy sound
to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for which I knew would be so perfect to showcase this love
she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.” song to Jesus. I was so excited I could hardly contain
I often ponder this extravagant love of Mary Magdalene myself! The lyrics I had struggled to capture months
who was not ashamed to show her love for Jesus by earlier were finally coming together with just the right
publicly washing his feet in spikenard oil, which was music that my husband had created! It was an amazing
very costly. She was criticized harshly by Judas for fit! Thank You, Jesus!
“wasting the oil” yet she continued to demonstrate
her love to Jesus for rescuing her from a life of sin and I wrote the lyrics to “If You Only Knew” in first person
debauchery. and the actual lyrics say, “I love You, Jesus” several times
throughout the song. It was like no other love song to
I first tried to capture in lyrics this extravagant love Jesus that I had ever heard; so perfect for a
for Jesus in September of 2018, but was unsuccessful. congregation to sing together. The lyrics explore the
I tackled it again in the Spring of 2019 and this time extravagant and unapologetic depth of love and

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