New Day

There have been days when I let the past creep up on me, when I let the worries of this world claw at my heart. But I don’t need to worry - period.

The Word says that God’s mercies are new every morning and that His plans for my life are never to harm me but to prosper me. The Bible also says I should never get overwhelmed about tomorrow because tomorrow has it’s own worries (Matthew 6). This song encourages me to seize each day. And on a total side note, hopefully it’ll make ya rock out and smile at the same time because of those reminders.


I Wonder

All of us have questions that we sometimes fail to ask God. "Wonder Why" is asking God in a joyful way, "I wonder why you love someone like me?" I don’t know why God would love me enough to give His life for me, to offer out His Hand, to give me an opportunity to be a child and co-heir to His kingdom. I will forever be in awe of the grace and love of Christ; I will forever wonder why.


Every Moment

Do you ever wish that you could take a picture of a certain moment to remember it forever? Most times memories just fade, and then years later you wake up, and they strike you. We let things go by and slip through our fingers, because we think that’s how it has to work. But really we need to grab a hold of every moment that God’s given and realize the time we have here is precious. Life’s not something we’re supposed to take for granted; we need to hold on to the opportunities and the people that God has placed in our lives always.


By Surprise

This song is simply a celebration of the fact that God will sweep us up when we least expect it - like a thief in the night. It reminds me to live every day to it’s fullest, because I never know when Jesus is going to decide to bring us to "The Party" upstairs.


Surrender

There was a time when I said, "I’m never moving to Nashville. I’m not going to do it. There’s no way. I want to stay in California." Until I felt God’s convicting nudge, "So, you love California more than you love doing My will?" Why is it that we tell God our plans when He has the very best in store for us? I realized I needed to rip up my life’s contract and take a hard look at His.

This experience has been one where God has had to redefine and totally reshape my heart. This song just has a special place because I’ve had to give a great deal that ever kept me comfortable in life - my family, my home, just the every day ordinaries that I took for granted. We all have things that we try to hold back from God when He asks for everything, but it’s not enough. Like Tozier once wrote, "nothing is wasted when it’s lavished on God."


Desperate

This was one of the first songs that I ever wrote. While I was on the Avalon tour this fall, as I was warming up in a locker room somewhere in America, this melody came to me. Even when I tried to push it aside, it still haunted me. I labored over the lyrics for more than eight months until I felt ready for anybody to hear it.

The song is a very vulnerable moment for me, speaking honestly from my heart about how desperately I crave to know God more. To feel His love, to be secure in who I am in Him, to ever be on my face before Christ...that’s who I want to be - desperately in love with my God.


Every Day

While on the road this year, I found myself saying, "Hey, Lord, just come talk to me. I just want to spend time with You." One of the things cultivated in my life recently has been a deep desire for God and me to "hang out" all day, everyday. To do more than simply think about Him or pray, but to really begin having intimate conversations with Him as often as possible - not only during the big ordeals of life or when I have big decisions to make, but in the ordinary circumstances, too.


Wish

Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like to actually be with Jesus in the moments recorded in the Bible - to watch Him speak with the disciples, to see the way He smiled at the little children. I wonder what His laugh sounded like, what color His eyes were and what life was like as a carpenter boy. This song explores those musings, but also reminds me of another time when I should have been there - when He died on the Cross for me.


Beautiful Somehow

This song is a Kodak picture of who I am. I’m just a jeans and T-shirt kind a girl...a hopeless romantic...a klutz...and a quirky kid who is made in the image of Christ. Psalm 139 says that I’m fearfully and wonderfully made, even with all my imperfections. God makes it all beautiful somehow.


The Love of the Lord Endures

Based on Psalm 136, the message of this song exhibited itself loud and clear the day I went into the studio to record it. I had lost my voice for countless hours earlier in the week and was kept silent for two days prior. I tip-toed into the studio on Monday, believing God would prove Himself faithful.

After Brown and I prayed, I felt a flood of peace wash over me. Though I could not speak that day, God did show Himself faithful and gave me the voice to sing of His constant, sustaining love.