Her Story

“So what do I know of You who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood but the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury? Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
So what do I know? What do I know of Holy?”

I remember the first time I heard this chorus sung by Jenny Simmons, former lead singer to the popular Christian group, Addison Road. I wept as I heard these words sung for the first time, and I found myself humbled as I asked the question, “Who am I?”

I had a plan, a good plan too, but it wasn’t going the way I had hoped. No, in fact, it was going completely opposite of the way that I wanted things to be. And I was mad. I was hurt. I was angry, and I found myself directing those emotions at God. I found myself questioning Him, wondering why He was allowing the pieces to fall as they were. Then, as if divinely appointed, this song came on over the speakers and flooded my ears and my heart. Really, when I take a step back from my circumstance, what do I know of holy? What do I know of the God who orchestrates all things according to His perfect plan? Nothing. That’s the answer – nothing. And who am I to question this Holy God? No one. As I listened to the words of this song for the first time, it was as if I were placed in Job’s shoes when God responded to Him (check out Job 38 and see if you can get through the first few verses without hitting the floor). I am called to trust Him and to believe that He is working out a plan far greater than mine ever was.

This is why I was so excited to come across Her Story today. I don’t know Jenny Simmons personally, but nonetheless, her story has left a lasting impact on my faith. I didn’t even know that she had moved on to become a solo Christian artist, but what is so beautiful about her story is that even though all her plans seemed to have “failed” in her own eyes, God was writing a new story, one far better than the one she could have produced on her own. Take a few minutes to watch her video story below, and be reminded that the God we love and serve, the God we cry out to in our pain, the God who holds the world in His hands is the God who is writing your story and mine. He is in control of every detail, and He is good. Trust Him with the pen.

Jenny Simmons and the story behind “The Becoming”