Nohypemovement

Writing songs was never on my radar… It was an unexpected journey.  In other words, I never sought God to be a songwriter.  My journey began, while in the choir, I stood singing “I Love You, Lord” as best as I knew how.  I heard, “Stop singing; you don’t love me.”  I argued back mentally, Yes, I do. Again, He spoke: “You don’t love me. Stop singing that.”  Standing still, frozen with astonishment, I stopped swaying from side to side with the choir. The minister of music began staring at me.  He was motioning me to continue moving. I could not respond to him.  It was as if I were in a trance.  This was my Damascus experience.  The choir descended the choir stand.  We sat in our usual seats after ministering.  I cried throughout the rest of the service.

Returning home from church very confused, I had no notion of what had just happened.  Then a few days later, sitting on my bed upstairs, God’s presence appeared again.  I didn’t hear His voice like Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:8, but I felt the strong presence of someone in the room with me.  I cried out loud, “What do you want from me, God?”   Thankfully, I was home alone. I said, “Leave me alone!”  While still screaming at the top of my lungs, I began singing a song I had not known before.  The lyrics of the song were,

Worship Me, with your whole heart

Worship Me, in spirit and in truth

Lord, I worship You

Because You are so sovereign

Lord, I worship You today

After that unique encounter, God began flooding my heart with songs over a twenty-year-plus period.  Through the lyrics, God was giving me an image of His character and nature. Through the lyrics, God was giving me, a reminder of His great love, through the death and resurrection of His son, Jesus Christ. Through the lyrics, God was giving me, a portrait of His handy work through the things He has created.  Amazingly, through the lyrics, I was becoming more God-conscious. Currently, I am still on the journey of writing songs about the deity and awesomeness of God.