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I remember back to the day that "We're Crying Out For You" first hit me. I was working with a youth group at the time and songs were flowing out of the students, myself and some of the other leaders. Overwhelmingly, the songs were heart-filled cries to the Lord. Many were using music as their cry for healing of the hurts in their lives. The majority of the songs were personal and not really conducive to corporate worship. A friend of mine asked me if I had or could write a worship song that could be used in the "we" sense. I told her that I didn't really know if I did or not, but I would look over some of my worship songs and let her know. As my mentor she gave me an assignment: If I found that I didn't have a corporate-friendly song that I needed to write one and bring it in.

I went home and began sifting through songs. There was not one song that fit the bill. Fear and dread rested upon me. Anyone who knows me at all will tell you that I am not one to take the time to write songs or to mull over every part of a song. My songs usually just come about, and are not the product of a decision to write a certain song about a certain thing or idea. The last thing I wanted was to craft a song of worship that was just good poetry and not the song of my heart.

Later that weekend, as I sat around, I began playing a chord progression and singing what would become the chorus of "We're Crying Out For You". The rest, as they say, is history. As the somber chords rang out, the words poured forth. It was both a song that came from a deep sense of longing to worship the Lord and a song that fit the place that a lot of the students were writing their own songs from. Once again the Lord had provided the right words and music to fill the situation.

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WE'RE CRYING OUT FOR YOU