Okay we’re going to go out this week with a bang.
I’ve been working on a writing project all week and have been spending a lot of time at my friendly local coffee bistro. It’s a cozy place and creates its own steady buzz which helps me concentrate. For some reason writing has always worked better for me in a public place like this. Maybe it’s just being surrounded by humanity that keeps things more real. I know it keeps me awake; that’s one of the main reason I go.
There’s one kid who works here who is convinced I am Steven Spielberg. I tell him that Steven Spielberg has hair, but he keeps calling me Steven anyway. (Actually with a baseball cap on and my current goatee, there is a slight resemblance.) So I humor him.
The music in this place is always different. It depends on who’s working. But regardless, three minutes to 11:00 PM, whoever is working puts on “Closing Time” by Semisonic: “Closing time/Open all the doors and let you out into the world…” and cranks it up so you have no choice but to pack up and leave. I have to admit, it’s kind of a nice wrap on the day.
One day this week, though, “Jesus Is Just Alright with Me” by the Doobie Brothers came on and I had to digress for a moment. In my younger, more Pharisaical days, I was always suspicious of songs like this. Why did they write this? Are they talking about the Jesus of the scriptures? Are they making fun of anything? Are any of them Christians?
Now I don’t care about any of these dynamics. I just worship. I’m just glad that the Holy Spirit let this out into the world. I only care that the sound of His name is seeping through the bars and clubs of the world – that playlists are playing it and that my little barista brought it to my attention this week so I could bring it to you.
So plug your earphones in, click on the picture and raise a coffee cup to whoever wrote it for whatever reason it came into being. I’m just glad it’s here.
Jesus is just alright with me
Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright, oh yeah
Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright
I don’t care what they may say
I don’t care what they may do
I don’t care what they may say
Jesus is just alright, oh yeah
Jesus is just alright
Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright, oh yeah
Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright
I don’t care what they may know
I don’t care where they may go
I don’t care what they may know
Jesus is just alright, oh yeah
Jesus, he’s my friend;
Jesus, he’s my friend
He took me by the hand
Led me far from this land
Jesus, he’s my friend
Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright, oh yeah
Jesus is just alright with me, Jesus is just alright
I don’t care what they may say, I don’t care what they may do
I don’t care what they may say, Jesus is just alright, oh yeah
John Fischer The Catch 
Jesus is alright with me as well. He is my friend who took me by the hand to far from this land. I like it. Blessings and peace.
Yes! Me too! Jesus is all right with me. He is my Friend who took me by the hand far from this land. The music and the words have been going through my mind over and over again. Neat!
Thank you. Blessings and Peace.
It has always puzzled me why Christians get so bugged when they find out that, as a life long believer, I would rather listen to secular music. God speaks to us all through any means available. Who better to bring His message to the unbelieving world than through fellow unbelievers who don’t even know they are being used for His glory
I know what Dave means. But for me just the invoking of His name makes it strong and means so much more to me personally. I was ‘born again’ a long time ago. I was raised Anglican. I always knew from as far back as I can remember as a small child that I had something special in me but never knew what it was. It has been a very long hard road. I am not a big fan of the human race but am learning how and why to deal with people one at a time, one step at a time, one day at a time and God is helping me accomplish that because I have so much to do yet and I am attentive to His direction and obedient to His call since July when a life threatening/changing health scare hit me. It came from inside the words of The Catch one day and I decided to come home. I acknowledged that my ways never did anything good for me so I would give His a whirl. My whole mind body soul and Spirit is undergoing mind boggling change that only He could have done.
When I have the words that “Jesus is all right with me” run through my mind, it reminds me of my Life, a new life with Him for real now. I’m all His now and forever.
and my fellow Catch member and dear sister-in-the Lord Meaghan-Margaret I’m sooo glad to have you here and often enjoy reading your blog comments…
Bless you, Meaghan Margaret! Thanks for keeping in touch and letting us know your thoughts. You leave us lots of gifts.
Thx 4 the YouTube video clip Pastor John, I have always liked this song a lot, even in my High School drug filled days – thought man this is a cool song! And like it even more now that I have a relationship w/ Jesus, plus it was soooo cool to watch this video to see it performed live! 🙂
Seeing the Doobie Bros in concert, you’ll quickly realize you aren’t alone in rejoicing with them. It is always taken as a resounding joyful song, every time I’ve seen it live! God is there! He always is, we’re the ones who sometimes aren’t.
There is a former Doobie Brother who is now a worship leader at Hope Church in Vista, CA
I often include this as I worship-run early in the morning 🙂
What joy! 😀