From heartache to a timeless hymn,
from agony to praise,
the pain of sorrow fills the poet’s pen.
Both It Is Well and Day by Day
were birthed in tragedy
as was the treasured lyric What a Friend.

Amazing Grace came from the depths
of Captain Newton’s heart
that once had been enslaved by hate and greed.
And Andrae Crouch’s Through it All
was rooted in despair
as he cried out to God and voiced his need.

Ironically, so many hymns
that draw us near to God
began as wordless groans and whispered sighs.
And yet songwriters filled with faith
and singed by suffering’s flame
have given us God’s truth both sweet and wise.

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