I Call You. . . Friend

A Personal Letter from Jesus to Each of Us

Dear Friends,

I remember early on in my Journey, back in 1992, I heard a most touching song on the radio. The words from this particular song really spoke to my heart. Almost immediately, I went to a Christian bookstore and bought the tape. This was back when they only made cassettes. Remember those tapes that would all too often get "stuck"?

Anyhow, in 2008 I attended a concert at a Temple (Church) on the east-side of Cleveland. And who was the performing artist? None other than Marty Goetz - the man who had written and recorded "the song." After performing a number of his many well-known songs, Marty asked 

the audience for "requests." As I stood in the back of the Temple, I raised my hand and wouldn't you have known - Marty saw and acknowledged me, first. Now I don't intend to sound too selfish, but at that moment, I felt like 

I was the only one there in that Messianic Jewish Temple. I felt like God had brought me there for a reason, just to speak to ME, or perhaps to 

my Heart - once again.

The song and the words were coming back to me, and this time they were becoming even a little more personal. This time it was LIVE right there on the stage in front of me (or perhaps really "Alive" in me). In sharing the following, my hope is that you too will hear what Christ is saying to each of us through these heart-felt words. As I re-read the words to this song, I thought of it as being like A Personal Letter from Jesus to Each of Us - 

and that it was signed:

In My Love - Everlasting,

  Jesus (Yeshua)

I Call You Friend

(The Book of John - Chapters 14 & 15)

Words and Music By Marty Goetz  ©1992 Singin’ in the Reign Music/ASCAP

I Call You Friend, that’s what you are

All that I do, I share with you

I have no secrets, I have no need

To keep them to myself, for I tell you to the end

I Call You My Friend

You call me Master, and so I am

All that I do, you will do too.

Secret’s I’ll whisper, and what you hear

You’ll shout aloud out to a world that’s near it’s end

I Call You My Friend

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you

Truly I say to you, you’ll have tribulation

But have no fear dear one, be of good cheer

Truly I have overcome, you too will overcome

So, come my friend

I know who you are

Before you were I knew of you

You’ve so many secrets,

you’ve so many needs

Don’t keep them to yourself, no one to help you in the end.

Just call my name, I’m always the same

I search for all who will claim the love I send

So I can call them friend

Say, can I call you my friend?

Yes, I Call You My Friend. . .

For More Information on Marty Goetz, His Music and Ministry go to  

www.martygoetz.com