If you've found your way here, you may already know that my name is Bill and I enjoy writing songs about God. If you did not know that, well now you do. I hope to be faithful with the songs I write. I'm not sure I know how to do that, but I think this website is a start. It contains the lyrics, chord charts, mp3's, even the stories behind the songs. And it is all free to you. So look around. Enjoy. And thanks for stopping by.
download chord chart // download mp3 (verse) When I hurt, I’ll cry for You … for I know that You are there When I break, I’ll reach for You … for I know that You are there
(bridge) And when I fall, time and again Still I'll have faith in my faith in You Cause when I’m weak, You are strong…and as always, You are there -------------------------------------------------------
This song is not a spectacular song by any stretch of the imagination. I just want to get that out of the way right from the start. It is short (a little over 90 sec.), very simple musically and theologically, and it doesn't say anything that hasn't been said before.
I know all of this. Yet, it is still very dear to my heart.
A few years ago, I got a call in the middle of the night. A friend's father had been murdered. He was out of town on a business trip and was walking back to his car with a colleague after eating dinner. They were mugged, and he was shot and killed.
I obviously had a hard time getting to sleep that night. I was wide awake and trying to somehow reconnect the dots between a loving, sovereign God and a world in which a good man with family and friends who dearly love him can be randomly murdered after eating at Outback. It almost felt as if it had been my own father. I was so sad for my friend. I didn't know what to say or how to say it. And in that moment I wrote this song. It is a simple sentiment of faith.
I wrote it for my friend. I wrote it for myself.
Again, I know it isn't the best song in the world, but it says everything I felt that night and not a word more.
