My mother used to sing this song and I could tell from her expression and her entire body language she meant every single word of it from her heart. Mama was not much of a singer… but I loved to hear her sing those old gospel songs.
She’d belt out:
I’ll take Jesus for mine
I’ll take Jesus for mine
The devil may give you
this whole wide world
But I’ll take Jesus for mine!
I miss my mother… I praise God that He lent her to my life for 42 years.