Creative Arts – Journey Church

Forever Yours

People have asked me before “what is like to write a song”.  Many of us share in this gift – but some of us don’t really understand the whole process or even know where to start.  Why write a song?

In Psalms, it describes for us a “new song” – “He’s put a new song in my heart,  I will sing to Him a new song, I will present to Him a new song”.  Don’t worry if you are not a “songwriter” this still applies to you.  It can be a phrase, a thought, a prayer, or a WORD that springs up in your soul as a result of what God is doing in your life.

As for Lorraine Conrad, she does get more than a word.  She loves to write songs.  Some are poems, some are thoughts put to a tune, and some are expressions of her faith joined with a melody that reflects the heart behind the words.  As for most of us that write music, 99% of what we do is sometimes is not seen or ever heard by anyone else.  Maybe we don’t have a venue to do it, or maybe they are too personal and meant for us to just use in our own time of personal worship.  However, sometimes we share them – and that takes a great deal of courage.  

Our art is like our child.  We feel the angst of birthing new ideas. We slave to craft them.  We feel the innocence of how people view our art (are they going to laugh, pick on, tear apart our effort – or will they encourage, support, enjoy our hard work).  It’s a hard thing to share your art.  

After talking with Lorraine about the following song, she expressed some of the thoughts she had when writing this piece.  She loves to use the words that express an eternal devotion to her Savior .  She felt tears in her eyes as she reached the bridge “and He was there for me, when things were sad for me”.  It’s clear that this song was born in a place of thanksgiving from Lorraine.  On the recording, you will hear Lorraine playing keyboard, violin and BGV, Jacob on the acoustic guitar, and Kristin singing the lead.

We won’t always be able to play our original songs on Sunday morning, and we can’t probably record and feature every songwriter in our Creative Arts Community, but every once in a while, I would like for all of us to rally around our songwriters and encourage them to keep writing.  Keep producing those “new songs” to God.

To hear Lorraine’s Song, please visit www.thejourneyonline.com/Media/BlogAudio/ForeverYours.html

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