such experiences affect creative lives as nothing else; and often from this disharmony, harmony is born.
Mr. Weigle is a graduate of the ‘school of sorrow,’ and only graduates of this school know the intensity of God’s love for His wayward children. Those who hear him sing realize that he has been close to the disappointments of life as well as close to the heart of God” - unknown
While at his piano one day, reflecting on the past five years, thoughts of God’s goodness and sustaining grace came to him. The words, “No one ever cared for me like Jesus” came to his mind and in just thirty minutes he wrote the entire song. Within weeks it was picked up by gospel singers and since then has gone around the world and been published in thirty different languages.
Charles Weigle did eventually get remarried and spent some of his last years of service at Tennessee Temple Schools at the invitation of Dr. Lee Roberson. His story is one of faithfulness in spite of heartache and the comfort and faithfulness of God.
I would love to tell you what I think of Jesus,
Since I found in Him a friend so strong and true;
I would tell you how He changed my life completely,
He did something that no other friend could do.
All my life was full of sin when Jesus found me,
All my heart was full of misery and woe;
Jesus placed His strong and loving arms about me,
And He led me in the way I ought to go.
Ev'ry day He comes to me with new assurance,
More and more I understand His words of love;
But I'll never know just why He came to save me,
Till some day I see His blessed face above.
No one ever cared for me like Jesus,
There's no other friend so kind as He;
No one else could take the sin and darkness from me,
O how much He cared for me.