Christa Wells

Several years ago, our first little church here in Raleigh, Redeemer, planted a church downtown (and since then several others, including our current church, Christ Our Hope). The name of the church was to be Christ Our Comfort, and Pastor Thumpston probably didn’t even really mean it when he said:

“So, are you going to write us a theme song?”

But I sort of liked the idea and began to look around for scripture centered on God as comforter. Jeremiah 31 is the passage to which I was drawn, and I wrote this tune with little lyrical modification from the Word. No rhyme scheme. And a bit wordy for Chris Tomlin, I imagine. But it felt special. I recorded it (on tape!!) and handed it over, and in the years since, the song has embedded itself in the hearts of that congregation and several sister churches in our area.

I’m asked fairly often if I have a recording of this song, but the old demo is a bit out of date, so I decided to go into the studio and do it again. Just because. I invited my friend Josh Hucks, who leads worship for The Bridge Fellowship in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, to join in, which he did – beautifully. Another friend, Ben Trimble, produced it, and I am pleased to be able to share it with you here.

Download for free by clicking the link below the lyrics.

Jeremiah 31
by Christa Wells

I have loved you with an everlasting love
I have drawn you with loving-kindness
And I will build you up again
You will be rebuilt, O Israel
You will dance with the joyful

And the Lord says,
I will comfort
I will satisfy
I will fill my people with my bounty
(repeat)

There will be a day when the watchmen will cry out
Come, let us go up to Zion
You will make your praises heard
And I will bring you back, Israel
I will be your Father

Chorus

No more weeping, keep your eyes from tears
For your work here will be rewarded
Are you not my children in whom I delight, O Israel?
I yearn for you, Israel

Chorus

I will put my law in your minds
I will write it on your hearts
I will be your God
And you will be my people, O Israel
There is hope for your future

Chorus
Jeremiah 31 – Christa Wells

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