| Stories Behind the Songs |
The Angel Song 4/7/2006 (Story told on Andrea's Worship Music Page.) Unbridled Spirit 10\23\2006 (Story told on Andrea's Worship Music Page.) I Worship You 11/21/2006 I was up at about 2:00am praying about freedom in worship at church and began thinking about a conversation I had with someone about different ways to worship, and the words to this song came. The order of verses, the tune, and the chorus was finished on the 28th during my personal praise & worship time on my keyboard. Ever Wasted 12/20/2006 (It's kind of funny how the words "ever wasted" came about, so I have to tell that part first!) I had asked a friend, Barbie, to bring me one of her prayer scarves she makes to our Onton prayer meeting on December 15th. So, she brought a few for me to choose from. I did not open the box until after Joan had prayed for me and I was kind of "wasted." I had asked for something in purples and blues, but the first one was just turquoise blues. When I looked at the tag, though, I laughed. I read it as "Ever Wasted." I thought, whoa, that's how I want to be -- ever wasted on Jesus! But, I really wanted some purple, so I looked at the rest, but was drawn back to the first one. So, when I got it out again, I looked at the tag and this time read it as "River Wasted." I thought, oh well, wasted in the river is good too!! It wasn't until a little while later, when I went across the room to show Shane the tag, that I realized it really said "River Washed!" That's okay, too, so I did keep it! However, the words "Ever Wasted" kept running through my head! On December 20, I was having a hard time getting into my praise & worship time, then this tune for Ever Wasted kept coming to mind. So, I just sat down at my desk and began singing and typing a new song! Then I went to my keyboard, and the music came together fairly easy! I Will Joy 1/4/2007 During my prayer, praise & worship time in the morning I began crying out about all that was going on in our lives -- lots of ups and downs and concerns in our families. I then turned to the music of a song titled "I Will Sing," and I had written the scripture verse Habakkuk 3:18 at the top of the page. It caught my attention, and I just began singing this new song! Words and music both just flowed and came together as I stood at my keyboard! (Wow! Way to go God!) You Are 1/19/2007 We were in Nashville, TN at a conference called "The Secret Place Gathering." At the end of Tommy Tenney speaking that night, he had us turn to someone to pray together and I was already "full." As Shane began praying for me I was overcome and fell to the floor weeping. Some of the words and the tune to this song came then. That night in the hotel room I wrote more, and over the next few days the words and music developed during my praise & worship time, and I finished it on the 23rd. Only With You 2/8/2007 I had just spent a week at the hospital with my Mom while my Dad was in ICU. It had been a very hard week with many ups & downs with Dad, and it was hard being away from Shane and the boys so long (It was almost a 3 hour distance.) I was driving home, thinking about the events of the week, about an awesome experience I had in the hospital chapel, and about how God had to have helped my stay strong and positive all week. I began singing as the words and the tune to this chorus just flowed! The next morning during my praise & worship time, the words and tune to the verses flowed as I sat at my computer, and then the music came together easily at my keyboard! Joyful Thanks (Psalm 100) 2/18/2007 While doing my morning devotion, I was led to Psalm 100. As I began to read, a tune just came to me, and I began singing it instead! I then went to my keyboard and played it pretty easily! I Give It All Back to You 3/2/2007 Shane and I were discussing me singing "Only With You" at church Sunday. I was struggling with the amazement that I actually wrote a song that Shane thinks is really good and wants me to sing it at church! I stand in awe when I think about what God has done with me! I was overwhelmed with the privilege and responsibility. I want to do with it as He wants, and always make sure that He gets the glory! So, as I was praying through all this, the words and tune just came to me. I sat down at my desk and sang and typed, then went to my keyboard. It took a little longer to get the music figured out just right, but it came. Holy Desperation 3/13/2007 During my morning devotion time I opened my e-mail devotion by Tommy Hays of Messiah Ministries in Lexington, KY. When I read the title "Holy Desperation" I though that is exactly how I feel this morning -- desperate for Him. As I read the words Tommy wrote, once again a tune just came to me, and I began to sing the devotion! The music came easily when I went to my keyboard. The Sovereign One 3/20/2007 Again while reading my morning devotion by Tommy Hays, the words he wrote touched me. I sat at my desk reading them, and it turned into singing them, and I finished the tune with the music at my keyboard. I'll Get You Through 3/22/2007 This morning during my morning devotion, I was reading scripture in Isaiah 43, but was drawn to some previous scripture in that chapter that I had underlined in my Bible. As I read it (Isaiah 43:1-3), it really moved me, and I felt like I was supposed to write a song with this passage. The tune to the chorus from the scripture came easily while sitting at my desk. Then I went to the keyboard to figure out the music, and it and the verses came together at the keyboard. In the Name of Jesus 4/16/2007 During my morning prayer time, I was praying with specific needs for some people in mind and just started singing this song! I went to the keyboard and began playing it as more and more verses came, relating to the needs of the people I was praying for . Take Me In 8/16/2007 I was praying during my regular morning time about some things going on in the Kingdom and about Shane going to pray at the courthouse that morning, and felt like God was saying just remember to focus on me and spend time with me. Then I had such a strong desire for deep worship. So, this song just kind of came together at my keyboard as I worshiped. I then felt like God was saying that this song was for our prayer meeting in Onton the next night. After Shane got home, we discovered that he was on the phone with a couple of our prayer friends from the Onton group when I was worshiping and writing this song, but I did not tell him the title or anything about the song. So, the next day, when we were on our way to Onton for the prayer meeting, Shane said he felt like we were supposed to worship and go to the throne room! -- Confirmation for me that God had plans for this song! What an awesome God!! |