MP3: Just Hold Me

Received by Dennis Jernigan – July 5, 2009

I serve on the Board of Directors for Exodus International, the

world’s largest ministry to those who struggle with unwanted same sex

attraction. In any given year Exodus receives requests for help from

upwards of 350,000 people – from strugglers, parents, family, and

friends of those who struggle! This year I was given the privilege of

ministering at the Exodus International Freedom Conference at Wheaton

University in Wheaton, IL. As I prepared for that night I asked the

Lord to let me hear a song that would truly touch the heart of those

who would be attending. My desire was to express in words back to the

Father what was the true heart cry of each individual at the

conference. This song came quickly…as I was allowed to remember the

despair I used to feel when I was in the midst of my own struggles in

this area. The loneliness. The rejection. The depression. The fear.

The hurt and pain. The sorrow. The deep, gut-wrenching need to be

acknowledged as worthy of existence. The night I shared it, hundreds

wept openly as the Lord used the song to help these men and women cry

out to God from the depths of their own hearts.