I've always liked this song. I first heard it in 1997 when a group from Pensacola Christian College came to our church and sang. I don't know who the author was but I thought I would post the words to the song on my blog. It has been a good reminder to me in the past about what we as christians are supposed to be.

A little girl is crying for affection
A little boy needs a hand to hold
And oh, how He loves those little children
How He longs to be a friend to young and old
His tender spirit welcomes all who seek him
His giving heart asks nothing in return
And I have found his promise is faithful
I seek to live my life that I may learn

To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus
To be the one I was created to be
To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus
May all who see my heart find him in me

When I recieved his salvation
His heavenly love filled my earthly soul
And I became a new creation
All my brokenness, he made completely whole
And to the darkness of this world I've been commissioned
To be a light that shines for him alone
Surrounded by his infinate mercy
May my life always be known

To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus
To be the one I was created to be
To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus
My only earthly goal fulfilled
When I'm centered in his will
May all who see my life find him in me

I hope this will be as much a help to you as it has been to me.

Alex Hartline

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