Alan Jackson 'Softly And Tenderly' Moving Live Performance

Country music superstar Alan Jackson sang the beloved hymn “Softly and Tenderly,” giving a moving live performance. Alan again proves why he has experienced such a long and storied career. He is immensely blessed and talented. This is a clip that you’ll want to watch repeatedly.

None of us deserve Christ’s love, forgiveness, mercy or grace. We’re all sinners who, in our disobedience and arrogance, turned away from Him. But because of His great and mighty love, once we repent of those sins, we’re forgiven, and in His eyes, it’s as if those sins never occurred.

But before we repented and turned back to Christ, He constantly reached out to us, hoping that we would see the error of our ways. He wants nothing more than for the lost sheep to return to the Shepherd. He does not want to see anyone perish and be lost for all eternity.

However, even when the Lord is reaching out and prodding us to return home, it is not forceful or a compulsion. We still have free will and must decide to either seek forgiveness or continue in a life of sin. Still, that does not mean Christ will ever stop calling or searching for those lost sheep.

In a clip posted on YouTube, Alan sings the hymn “Softly and Tenderly” about how Christ is constantly, yet gently calling for sinners to repent. Those words, while they may be familiar to most, are still as powerful and meaningful as ever.

“Softly and tenderly, Jesus is calling

Calling for you and for me

See on the portals, He’s waiting and watching

Watching for you and me”

We are not and will never be worthy of such love and forgiveness freely offered to all who call upon His name. He calls, softly and tenderly, for sinners and lost souls to repent and return home.

1 John 1:9 “If we say only that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.”

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