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"If I Had Only Been There" is a song that feels deeply personal to me. It tells the story of a little boy in Jerusalem who overhears the elders planning to arrest Jesus. And in that moment—before the cross, before the crowd turned—he drops everything and runs, hoping to warn the Teacher not to ride into town. As I wrote it, I couldn’t help but imagine myself in his place. If I had only been there... I would’ve done the same. I would’ve shouted, warned Him, begged Him to turn back. Of course, I
