When Dinah Held My Hand / Jesus Is on the Mainline

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Michael Card] She was haloed round in kindness I was nervous and alone A stranger come into her world The church that was her home She'd been taught to love the stranger As only the suffering can That Sunday morning set me free When Dinah held my hand [Verse 2: Michael Card] The service was about to start It was my destiny The only place, beside her It was waiting there for me Without a word she reached across And gently took my hand And the path I've traveled ever since That morning it began [Chorus: Michael Card] She reached across three hundred years Of suffering and pain She reached across the great divide Of the color of our skins When she reached across that empty pew Then I understood That all the hate that meant to harm The Lord had used for good [Verse 3: Michael Card] She was strong and she was kind But gentle when she spoke her mind Jesus is on the mainline And you can tell Him what you want By the force of her own gravity Her outrageous generosity That morning I began to see That she'd adopted me! [Chorus: Michael Card] She reached across three hundred years Of suffering and pain She reached across the great divide Of the color of our skins When she reached across that empty pew Then I understood That all the hate that meant to harm The Lord had used for good [Verse 4: Michael Card] Life is made of moments We don't always understand Sometimes the meaning isn't clear There's no specific plan Each moment has been set in place Before the world began Like the time that Sunday morning When Dinah held my hand Like the time that Sunday morning When Dinah held my hand --- [Verse 1: Choir] Jesus is on the mainline Tell Him what you want Jesus is on the mainline Tell Him what you want Jesus is on the mainline Tell Him what you want Call Him up and tell Him what you want [Verse 2: Choir] If you need your sins forgiven Tell Him what you want If you need your sins forgiven Tell Him what you want If you need your sins forgiven Tell Him what you want Call Him up and tell Him what you want [Verse 3: Choir] Call Him up, call Him up Tell Him what you want Call Him up, call Him up Tell Him what you want Call Him up, call Him up Tell Him what you want Call Him up and tell Him what you want [Verse 4: Choir] Jesus is on the mainline Tell Him what you want Jesus is on the mainline Tell Him what you want Jesus is on the mainline Tell Him what you want Call Him up and tell Him what you want