Author: eellynshaw

These words and tune came to me in one of the most painful seasons of my life. They were a song of sheer defiant praise, or the sheer defiant hope of future praise: if I…

    I’ll always remember the day You asked Me, “Lord, teach us to pray!” And the first words I taught you to say Were “Our Father.” It sounded so sweet on your lips. I…

I used to dread “evangelism” so much that I felt sick to my stomach if I heard anyone mention that word. Processing this with the Lord, I realized my definition of evangelism was “Someone who…

  I know if I was You, Lord, I would not love me. Yes, if I was You, Lord, I would not want me. I’m not like You, I don’t bless You, I hurt You,…

I wrote this song after meditating on the Lord’s Prayer (found in Matthew 6:9-13). Jesus’ disciples ask Him to teach them how to pray and He could model asking for anything, anything at all. But…

I’ve always wanted just to feel all right, Just to hear the words, “You are OK,” Just to please somebody’s eyes –Whether theirs or Yours or mine– And worn myself out trying every day  …

O Humbled One I’m lifting up, Broken Heart I won’t despise, Mourning whom I’m comforting And Hungry whom I’ve satisfied,   Contrite, My accepted one, Faint and Weary, wait for Me, Come now, Heavy Laden,…

Oh, I saw an eagle with crucified wings Broken because He would not soar alone Many birds offered to take me home But I chose the eagle with crucified wings I chose eagle with crucified…

This song is based on a dream. I dreamed I was sitting with Jesus in a worship service that was more like a planetarium show. As we sang, pictures were shown on the screen: first…

This is one of my very first songs, from when I was 18 years old, a freshman in college, and had a broken heart. I wrote what I believed God would say about me, and…