(may be sung to the Beatles’ song “Yesterday”)

Christ Changed my Yesterday

Yesterday, joy and gladness seemed so far away
Now I know that hope is here to stay
Oh, I believe Christ changed my yesterday.

Suddenly, in a moment, I’m not what I used to be
There’s no more shadow hov’ring over me
Oh, yesterday left suddenly.

When Christ’s love flowed in, washed my sin and shame away
Since He came to me, now I’m free from yesterday.

Yesterday, love was but a word I heard some say
Now I see that You are here to stay.
Oh, Christ, You changed my yesterday.

Christ, You changed my yesterday.

New lyrics: © 2007 HIM/CAVenable

Some who revere the Beatles might think it sacrilegious to change their lyrics, lovely as they are. But their  melancholic lyrics  don’t resonate truth for me.  There is no “shadow hanging over me.”  Since Christ changed me and my “yesterday” and  since He is now “working all things together for my good”  (Romans 8:28) and  turning my “mourning into joy” (Jer 31:13), I was compelled to write new words.  So, here is my “redeemed” version of “Yesterday”.