Jesus Loves Me. This I Know?

I’m a worship music geek. Bethel, Passion, Hillsong, I go nuts for any of it. I’ve always been this way, transfixed by the words on screen at church, always hoping for my new favorite worship song from the radio. Nowadays, YouTube and Spotify have changed the game.

God’s long spoken to me through music — ironic, perhaps, as I’m a pretty non-musical person. (Learning guitar is hard.)

Sometimes certain songs just grab hold of me and never let go. Particularly during difficult seasons. The words, the melodies reverberating in my bones where hope tries to survive.

The latest iteration of Hillsong’s worship family is Hillsong Young & Free. I’ve jokingly referred to Y&F as “Hillsong Kidz Bop,” but they’re truly amazing. The energy, the dynamic sounds, the surprisingly deep lyrics.

Y&F’s latest album, III, features some bippity-boppity tracks (“Let Go”) and some brutally honest ones (“Highs and Lows”).

Their song, “Jesus Loves Me,” hearkens back to childhood.

To that first song we all learned as good little Christian kids.

To that truth we all must now wrestle with as messed up adults.

Jesus loves me — but does he really?