Many of you know Christa Wells music, though you may not have heard her sing. She wrote the beautiful song Held that Natalie Grant took to the top of the charts. She’s written music for Sara Groves, Point of Grace and was even the Songwriter of the Year in 2006.
But Christa sings as well. Very well. Her album Frame the Clouds is one of my all time favorites.
I had the privilege of getting to know Christa (on the left) at the Relevant (now Allume) conference last year and she became an instant friend. I knew you all would love her too so…
…I asked her to record a song especially for all of you who are HelloMornings Participants. And she said yes. (how completely, ridiculously cool is that?!) If you’re in this session of the Challenge get excited about this weekend’s email – the song will be attached.
The video at the beginning of the post (rss and email readers, click here to watch the video) is the song I asked her to record (no, this isn’t the recording you’ll get. This is just a video her son filmed of her playing the song).
She wrote it for her mother and I cried the first time I heard it.
She sent me the final version this morning and was I ever hugging and loving on my kids today. I had some CHURCH as I prayed for them in the school drop off line. I’m so inspired to be a mother worthy of a song like that. It gives me such vision for the simple things I do every day. Faithful love is the greatest superpower.
Eventually, she’ll make the song available on iTunes and such, so if you’re not part of HelloMornings, we’ll make sure to let you know when it’s available elsewhere.
In the meantime, I pray this song encourages and inspires you. May it make you rise up today – to be the mother you dream of being, by His grace.
As Christa says,”perhaps this song will be a peek into the possible. A hallway of hope for the children who come into your life, to be mothered by you…”
Oh, Your Love (Christa Wells)
I know that you knew
You raised us to leave you
Raised us to run with a torch in our handsI know that you knew
What your love would do
Sent us out sailors with the wind at our backsI know that you gave
Without keeping record
Except to be certain you had nothing leftI know that you gave
Til it hurt though you never
Admitted anything but the joy and gladnessOoh, your love always carried us
I know that you followed us
Late in the darkness
Pulled up the blankets, covered us in prayerI know that you followed
Our paths to independence
With a great deal of patience and a little bit of fearBut ooh, your love always carried us
I know that you see us
The way we were back then
You can’t let go, you can’t really let us goBut I hope that you see how
You took those little children
To the light that leads us all to our true homeAnd ooh, your love always carries us
Oooh, your love will always carry usI know that you knew what your love would do
Aren’t you so inspired?! Now go be an awesome mom today…
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simply beautiful. she has a gift. thank you for sharing it with us!
(still can’t get over how much the two of you look alike…)
((and for her to sound that amazing on a home video speaks to the awesomeness of Christa))
(((that is all)))
Heather,
Right?! Her voice is so gorgeous. I imagine her mama shed a few tears when she heard that song…
FYI Heather – Go check out the HMC Team page to download it early. Special privileges for all your hard work and investment. 🙂
Oh, this is beyond lovely. Fabulous, fabulous.
Have a wonderful day, beautiful Kat. xo
So good to see you here Kristen! I’ll see you at Allume, right? (Say yes.)
Beautiful. Inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my, what a beautiful song! Thank you for stepping out and asking her to do this! My children are 20 & 24, but I still need that inspiration! It is never too late to become the mom that you want to be!
“It is never too late to become the mom that you want to be.”
A-men!! I love hearing that from you, Ellen, a mom of “grown” kids! It’s so inspiring to me.
Wow. I needed to hear that today! “It is never too late to become the mom that you want to be”. Thankful for His grace!
Wow. What a gift for writing and singing! Thanks, Kat, for sharing this. Lord, help us to be this kind of love to our children, and thank you for mothers and fathers who loved us this way.
So so beautiful. Words, music, Christa’s voice. I am so grateful that Christa has embraced God’s call to use her gifts for His glory, and that you, Kat, have also. What power He has in mamas who submit themselves to Him! Thank you, Christa and Kat, for saying yes to Him, and for blessing us all.
Beautiful song and voice!
Good grief. Blubbering like a baby over here… Thanks to you both for sharing that and continuing to remind us why we do what we do with such passion and heart. Love my kids and continuing to point them toward True Home…
My 5yo says, “That song is nice Mommy. I wish I could write a song like that.”
I am in HMC, but I never get the emails. How do I make sure to get that song?! Thanks for the help!
Ordinaryalina, You can sign up here. http://inspiredtoaction.us1.list-manage2.com/subscribe?u=a37cfd737b8d2c7d9dd878c5f&id=da8430c7b4
Why why why did you have to make me cry right now?! That was beautiful. Thank you SO much for sharing, Kat. And thank you for writing this song, Christa! God bless you both.
Is she your long, lost sister? 🙂 beautiful song…thanks!
Love it!
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