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Leap of Faith

January 19, 2022

picture of songwriter in front of piano with working notebookOne song. That’s all I was going to do. I composed “I Am Broken” back in 2018 for myself in response to trauma in my life.

The next thing I know, I’ve traveled to Nashville three times in the space of a year. Acted in a music video. Cranked out five more songs. Did a benefit concert in September. Released an EP and a bunch of lyric videos shortly thereafter.

I told myself, “That’s it. I don’t think I can come up with anything else.”

Besides, why would God want to use a damaged-goods person like me?

In October, I wrote another song. Loved the title. Loved the chorus. Loved the bridge. Did a little hemming and hawing over the verses. But mostly second-guessed myself for two whole months: “That lyric isn’t perfect. That part sounds choppy. Surely no one wants to hear what I have to say.”

This morning, I took a leap of faith and prepared for my meeting with a fellow songwriter. I went to the computer, tweaked a few things here and there, and jetted off to his office with my music in hand. Within one hour, all my doubts were gone. We were talking over each other, playing piano over each other, and I generally just could not stop smiling.