In Heaven, In The Round

Dear Reader,

I love to hear how songs came to be written.  I love to hear what circumstances made the writer say, "Man, that's a great idea for a song"!  And songwriters love to tell the stories behind their songs.  That's one reason I love writer's nights here in Nashville, because in crowded, low-lit clubs, sitting 'in the round' I can hear songwriter stories and the songs that came from them.  

I was reading Psalm 51 recently, and noticed that before verse 1 of Psalm 51 there's a little blurb that reads, "To the choirmaster.  A psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had committed adultery with Bathsheba."  And my first thought was, "Hey!  The story behind the psalm!"  How cool is that?   (And it's a doozie.  Check out 2 Samuel 12 and then read Psalm 51.)

My second thought was, here I am, in the year 2012, writing songs about sin, confession, forgiveness, repentance, worship and redemption, just like King David did a few thousand years ago.  How cool is that?

My third thought?  "In Heaven, in the round, King David, J.S. Bach, Fanny Crosby, Wendy Wills."  

(O.M. Goodness - I just blew my own mind!)

Happy New Year!

wendy