I could never get over why everyone would sing such a gentle, sweet church hymn about a bomb. The song lyrics sounded like "There is a bomb in Gilead, to make the wounded body whole... to heal the sin-sick soul." I thought, what kind of a bomb could that be? Only one God could make I suppose. Finally the day of revelation came... "There is a balm in Gilead"

William

Real words in "Jesus Loves Me": Little Ones to Him Belong..."
Until I was 15 I thought it was: "Little wants to hear me long"

Krista

I was telling my boyfriend about the hymn "Victory in Jesus" and when I got to the part that went "He sought me/and bought me" my boyfriend thought I said "He socked me/and bopped me."

Camille Noire

'"I am the Lord of the Dance," said he.'

I believed that this was actually 'I am the Lord of the Damp Settee', and every time it rained, I would drag our sofa outside, so that I could ask Jesus for toys...

Lord of the Things

"Mark and Gerald's angels sing
Glory to the new born King..."

"Our Father
Who art in Heaven
Harold be thy name..."

Harold. WORSHIP ME!

my auntie used to believe that the song that goes "i am the Lord of the dance said he" was "I am the Lord of the Dump Settee!

Anon

There was a hymn we sang at school which had the line "i am the lord of the dance, said he".
I used to dance around my house and jump on the sofa (the settee), and thought the words of the song were "I am the lord of the dance settee", and had a mental image of jesus jumping up and down on the sofa with me!

Anon

When I was younger, I didn't understand the words to many of the hymns we sang in church, but there was one that just couldn't be mistaken. When this particular hymn was sung, I would stand, and proudly, whole-heartedly, and in my best, loudest voice sing...."Bringing in the sheep, bringing in the sheep; we will come rejoicing, bringing in the sheeeeeeep."

Kasey'sMom

I used to think that the last line of the song 'Lord of the Dance' was 'Dance then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the Dance settee' and for years afterwards I had this image of Jesus danicng on a settee!

Anon

when i was little, around the age of 5 i used to believe God's frist name was Andy, becuse of the song "In the Garden" i heard "Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me ..." insdead of "And He walks with me, And He talks with me..."

julie

I couldn't understand why people would call themselves "Wrenches"
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wrench like me...

Wickwire

when i was around 4 or 5 we sang this song in church it was called learning to lean i hated the song and would not sing it with the others because i thought it said learning to leave jesus
and i didn't want to leave jesus

Anon

I used to believe when I was 6 or 7 that the song "Our God Reigns" was "I've got brains..."

There was also another song about heaven that ended "..where we'll be to part no more." I thought it was "...where we'll be Chicago more." I thought it would be neat to visit Chicago since I had never been.

Jen

I was one of those children who knew most of the hymns actual words by the time I was 5 or 6. Yet, there was one that always confused me..."here are mice and me, Lord..."(actual words: here am I, send me Lord...)

Kris

My brother was born when I was 2 and wouldn't slepp through the night, so we had to be extremely quiet if he ever did manage to nod off. So, when I heard "away in a manger" I honestly believed, for a good few years, the the lyrics were "the kettle is boiling, the baby awakes..." as opposed to the cattle are lowing etc! We had an old fashioned whistling kettle at the time, which may have helped me on the way to that belief!

Kate

When I was young and went to church I used to believe entirely that God's first name was Peter., at the end of every prayer the whole congregation seemed to me to be saying,
"thanks Peter God" of course it was really "thanks be to God".

Anon

Until I was 8 or 9 I thought that the lyrics to We Wish You A Merry Christmas were: 'Glad tidings we bring, to you and your sins' instead of 'Glad tidings we bring, to you and your kin'!!!

Jesi