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Your Stories

Hey friends,

i need your help with something. do you have a story of how one of my songs has changed your life? i will let you know soon what we will be using it for, but for now, i would love to know how one of my songs has impacted your life and helped to bring you through a desperate situation!
i look forward to reading every one….
much love!

Nat.

March 28, 2011  •  245 Comments  •  Posted in Blog
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  • http://prov31-awifeofnoblecharacter.blogspot.com/ Kara Chavis

    I am so thankful that you are giving us the opportunity to share these with you! I have had several of your songs that I love, but one in particular helps hold me together.
    I have loved you and your music for many years but to be honest had not purchased an album until the last Women of Faith (Dallas 2010). I picked up LOVE REVOLUTION and my all-time Favorite is “Desert Song”!

    My husband and I have been married for almost 9 years and most of it has been quite tumultuous. When we were dating he always stated how he hated cheaters. He would never cheat. My how things changed. In 2007 I was told that he didn’t love me any more and he left. I had no job, had a 2 year old daughter and was 6 months pregnant. Seven weeks later he came back to me and I was so grateful. But I said, I will never do this again. If you stray again, I’m done. Well 10 months go by and sure enough, he was seen in public with a married woman and a friend of mine confided to me. I removed him from my home and he continued to date this married woman. 6 months later God really began to do a work in him and he left the woman. A total of 9 months went by when I decided that it was right to remain married and hold our family together. God had put us together and God had changed him so who was I to say God was wrong? I meant what I said when I made my wedding vows.
    Since we have been reunited, he has learned that the ex-mistress became pregnant while they were together. It has been even more heartbreaking than the actual betrayal itself. He is seeking a relationship with his daughter and the ex-mistress is back with her husband.
    Now where do I go from here? How do we tell our girls (now 6 and 3 years) that they have a sister? How do we explain it while keeping in tact the way marriage is “suppose” to be!?!?! I have really gotten personal and emotional about my marriage in my blog and I think it offers a better expression of my heart, my devotion to my husband and my love for my Lord.

    There are so many days that I feel SO alone in this “desert” or “battle” and Desert Song has been a real source of assurance and strength for me. I listen to it daily along most of the Love Revolution album. I am not the person I was before these crisises, I am very slowly being refined back to the real me and “Desert Song” reminds me of who I AM. I am a person who would LIVE that song.
    I have posted several of your songs on my blog as encouragement, when I’m having a particularly hard time. My oldest daughter, Grace, thinks you are the greatest thing since chocolate ice cream and asks me often to see your Facebook or watch your performances on YouTube :) You are the closest thing she has to an idol (that’s the only word I have to describe it) She always wants to see the pictures of your girls too. She lights up. It’s pretty crazy to me, but I LOVE that she Love you! We are forever fans. Thank you for all that you do, and I would be honored if you were able to check out my blog.
    BE BELSSED!
    Kara

  • Sandy Alger

    Natalie,
    Your music is a big part of my daughter’s life. She has battled with depression and self harm for about 5 years. She is an adopted daughter, and suffers from a traumatic incident in her life when her biological father committed suicide. Although she has been with us since she was a baby…..the affects of her biological father’s suicide has left scars on her heart. We tried to convince her to go to Mercy Ministries (where she was accepted and put on their waiting list last year)..but she is running from the Lord. She came home 2 months ago..and stayed for a week. She had been living on the street and was sick and very depressed. We loved on her and cleaned her up during that week. She plays guitar (very talented) and sings. I always play your music when ever I am troubled….and especially when she is around. It has a way of lifting the spirit in our home. I had your music blarring one day while she was here….and I noticed that guitar music was added to the sound that was coming from my down stairs living room. I stopped and listened…(I have a tendancy to think I can sing as well as you and was singing quite loudly :) Well…my 18 year old had picked up her guitar…sat next to the CD player and began to play along with your song, “Your Great Name.” My heart was elated…and full of praise as I listened to her join in with your cd. After she was done, she ran to the doorway of my room and said, “I played that whole song!!!!” I told her that I knew she had….that it was the kind of music she was born to play! She is still running from the love of the Lord…but every time she hears one of your songs (like she did just today), she always comments on how it lifts her up! Your music is a tool that God uses to remind my sweet daughter of how much God loves her!!! And someday…when she surrenders her heart back to Jesus…she too will play sweet music that will touch hearts…..just like you do!!!! Thank you for what you give to us!!!!!

  • Michelle

    The funny thing is, the song that has impacted me most is one you have not released (at least not that I’ve ever found). I was at a Women of Faith event several years ago, and you sang “It is Well” a capella. Oh my goodness, I still get chills just thinking about it. I felt the Holy Spirit just surround me in a way I had not felt before! I would sooooo love, love, love you to put that on an album! It instantly became my favorite hymn. Your music in general though, is what started me listening to contemporary Christian music. I really had not been that interested in it until I saw you in concert at Women of Faith. It’s pretty much all I listen to now, and absolutely love it! It has truly taken my relationship with God to new levels! Thank you!!!!

  • http://www.caringbridge.org/ky/reidmiller carol

    Your song Held has been the theme song for my blog after the loss of not one, but two baby boys. It was as if it it was written just for us.

  • Cindy

    I have 2 very dear friends who lost a child in 2009. He was so precious from the first discovery until even now. He was and is loved. I have watched these 2 people grow from this event in their lives. They have even welcomed a new daughter in the last year. Benjamin’s life is written about in his mother, Angela’s blog. If you have time, it is worth reading. The post written on Dec 5, 2009 tells Benjamin’s story. The next few blogs show how his parents dealt with his death and their dependence on God. Angela’s song that opened this blog was “Held”. It was very fitting and brought them through some dark days. Thank you for your wonderful contributions of music that help so many people. The website for the blog is
    http://angelasreflection.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=1
    This is a direct link to the first blog about Benjamin.

  • http://www.savingorphansonechildatatime.weebly.com Sheila

    Natalie,
    We began and International adoption of a little girl from Guatemala in 2007. She was 5 at the time. After two years, I moved to Guatemala by myself to take her out of the orphanage and foster her until the adoption was complete. I thought I would be there around 2 or 3 months (which sounded like an eternity), but it ended up being 7 months!!!
    Being apart from my husband and my two older sons (and the rest of my family, including elderly parents) was almost too much to bear at times. I found your song “I Am Not Alone” on iTunes and listened to it over and over and over again. There were times when I just couldn’t even pray anymore, but I would sing this song to the Lord and would be reminded that He was with me in that far away third world country.
    As soon as I got back home (with our daughter, who was now almost 8), that was the first song that I sang at church.
    Thank you for that song and for your ministry!

  • Liz Ellis

    In 2004 my worst fear came to life, as I am standing in front of my husband of 11 years he is telling me that he wants a divorce. At that very moment all I could do is lay on the floor and cry, the situation had become one that I never imagined for myself. My husband at the time had just finished seminary and even pastored a church briefly, how could God let that happen? My world had ended and not only had I lost my marriage, I felt as though I had my calling taken from me. It’s really hard to be a pastor’s wife without the pastor. I moved in with my parents because I had no where else to go and left with what I could load into a small trailer my parents brought I summoned up the courage to do what I had to do. I was being forced to leave my home, my children were being made to leave their home and none of us understood why. It was heart breaking to watch my children cry and hug their father as they said their good-byes, meanwhile I was completely confused. Shortly after leaving I found out that my husband had moved his new girlfriend in with him within hours of our departure. I was crushed. I felt at that moment that I had no worth or value and that I could not go on, but I had to. I had two children that were counting on me to begin our new “normal” life. Shortly after I arrived in my new home I developed a few friendships, one of these good friends told me one day about a song they heard on the radio. My friend described the song to me and told me to keep an ear out (they couldn’t remember the name of the song), that I needed to hear it. The next day I was driving in to my new job and I heard the song come on the local christian radio station. The song was “Held”, I had to pull over when I heard the song and I just cried. At that moment I could swear that I was being held as I cried. I later bought the album Awaken and found that several of the other songs ministered to me just as much. Not only did I fall in love with the music my daughter did as well. I would later sing the song in church as our special music. Choking back the tears I made it through the song. Now anytime my pastor’s wife hears the song she tells met that she heard it and that she thought of me and all that I have been through. Now it has been six years and I can look back on that time of my life with some joy. It was a time that I was truly held by my Lord and my Savior, when I could not walk or take one more step He held me as I walked through that deep valley. I was reminded that I did have worth and value and that God would not leave me. He also took the time to remind me that I am His and nothing can change that! Songs like “Something Beautiful” and “Home” amongst others. Natalie the song “Held” came to me in a time that I really needed it and I guess this is finally my opportunity to say thank you. Natalie, I can’t tell you how much your music has meant to me and my daughter. She tells everyone that you are her hero and that she is your biggest fan I am so thankful because a 16 year old girl needs a great role model. I am thankful that she has chosen you! Thank you for allowing God to work through you so that you can minister to so many that are hurting and walking through dark times. Keep making that beautiful music.

  • Kari

    In January 2005, I suffered a miscarriage. As the days drug on, I became more and more resentful of my situation. My husband was very supportive, but there are some things that men just can’t comprehend. I would cry out to God in anger on a daily basis. As a fairly new Christian, I was certain I was being punished for past sins. I felt guilty because I already had two beautiful, healthy daughters and there were thousands of women out there who desperately wanted children & didn’t have any. Deep down I was terrified that if I didn’t have another child, I could never be happy again. There would always be a piece of my heart missing.

    Then I attended my first Women of Faith conference in KC in June 2005 & heard you perform “Held”. Not only did you sing it, you gave the story behind the song. It broke my heart. My tears were unstoppable.

    Throughout the rest of the conference, I literally felt a weight lifted off my heart. I realized that if we stayed a family of four, I would be okay. There was joy still to be had in my life. I bought your CD and listened to “Held” every chance I got.

    “…this is what it is to be loved and to know that the promise was when everything fell, we’d be held….”

    Little did I know that God was working a miracle in me that weekend. Literally. Two weeks later, the day before Father’s day, I found out I was pregnant! We were thrilled. And I was terrified. I spent the next 9 months very fearful of having my heartbroken again. Even in the delivery room, I still wasn’t certain my baby would be healthy; but at 12:05 pm, on February 10, 2006, Avery Joy entered the world.

    She has big brown eyes, blonde curly hair and a dimple under her left eye that only appears when she’s smiling her contagious smile. My baby girl will start kindergarten in the fall. I am a very blessed woman. Three beautiful girls & a wonderful husband. Praise the Lord!

    PS To this day, whenever I hear “Held”, I’m immediately taken back to that dark time in my life & so thankful to be able to look back & see how God WAS holding me eventhough I couldn’t feel Him at the time. Thank you!

  • Cassie N

    Your album Awaken was the first ever Christian album i bought. It is so hard to have to choose just one song off of this album to talk about. I have narrowed it down to two but trust me this was a HARD decision. The first song would have to be “Make Me Over.” I cried to this song a lot. This song really was a theme song for me when i was in 8th-9th grade because i knew that i needed to be made over. *Side Note: I just realized that i CAN NOT for the life of me pick one favorite so i may just stick with the whole awaken album.* The second song i was going to pick was Living for Today. I listen to it every morning on my way to school and home.
    I have to just tell you the whole story because none of this will make sense if i don’t tell you at least a little of my story. When i was in 8th grade i was going to be confirmed and that was a big deal, not for me, for my family. I did not really understand it and i really at that point did not care. Before you can get confirmed at my church you have to go to two retreats and a class. Well, one of my retreats was the revolve tour. I was just like ” OK, Lets go and get this over with.” I had no idea what God was about to do in my life. On the second day of revolve You spoke and what you were talking about really touched my heart. What sticks out the most right now is when you talked about God finding you on a bathroom floor. I thought it was unbelievable. And i dont mean a good unbelievable i mean like no way that stuff doesnt happen. After hearing you speak i knew that i had to get in line for your autograph. When it was my turn you signed my revolve book and i walked away. I dont think it was even 6 steps away from you that i started just bawling. I don’t know why i started crying, i just did. When i got home that night from revolve i was in the bathroom getting ready to take a shower when i started crying again. I fell to the ground and i felt something. Now, i believe now that that something was God hugging me but at the time i didnt know what it was. *God found me on a bathroom floor*. The story goes on but this is already long enough. Ok a song….. *I will not change my mind this time*=]. “Home” If you are reading this and have never heard that song you need to go find it and listen to it ASAP! I still, to this day, get goose bumps when i listen to this song. It makes me tear up ” Feel the sun, Your day has come, Your not alone” <3 Thank you so much for your music. I thank god for you every day. I do not believe that i would be alive if i did not go to revolve and hear your story which led me to accepting Jesus into my heart. God Is Love. You are beautiful. I want to meet you some day. So the next time your in Minnesota we should hang out! Thank you so much for reading!

  • Amy

    The song “Held” was such a blessing when I lost one of the biggest blessings in life…my first child. Kyra Marie was stillborn on May 5th, 2006. I got to hold her tiny body in my arms as I said hello and goodbye. Leaving the hospital with empty arms was the most excruciating pain in my life. As I grieved, I became so hungry for God and needed to have my emotions validated. I searched for books and songs that would bring comfort. Somehow I heard “Held” on the radio and couldn’t believe how perfectly it explained how I was feeling. I let the words of the song wash over my soul, and the healing process began. It took a long tme me to fully give Kyra back to God and be ok with her not being with me, but knowing that there are other people that have been through loss, gave me peace that I was not alone. Thank you for delivering the words to “Held” with such passion and love. God has blessed us with 2 healthy boys now…pure joy!

  • Angie H

    Natalie – many of your songs have touched my life over the years. There are a couple especially that stand out for various reasons. The Real Me is probably the most profound for me. I have struggled for years with depression and I’ve hidden myself away from the world at times to avoid revealing the truth. During my divorce my son was just an infant and I was struggling to hold it together – to go to work and to take care of him was all I could accomplish. Some days I just felt numb – not really sure I felt much of anything. Going to work everyday was hard. I was exhausted. I tried to pretend everything was ok but I’m sure I didn’t fool many people.

    Music had always been a huge part of my life but during this time, I couldn’t bear to listen. It all seemed like noise to me. But sometimes I would turn on the radio and I remember hearing your song. I was feeling so alone and that song was such a blessing. I know I’ve cried many times hearing it – realizing the profound truth in the lyrics. While I might have been struggling to hold it together and pretending for the world, God saw me. He saw my heart and my pain and my depression and loved me even more because of it.

    I still struggle – I’m still a single mom after several years of hoping for another chance at love. Depression is still a battle I face every day but it’s getting better and I so thankful for artists like you who share your words and your gifts. Your music blessed me then and still does today. Every day is “another day, another chance to love the ones I love” and I am blessed and thankful for each day God blesses me with that chance. Someday I know I will be healed of the hurt and depression but I’m thankful that I can be the real me with God.

  • Natalie

    Okay so I’d have to say that your songs safe and the real me have completely changed my life. It was about last year when i first heard them. I was struggling with cutting/burning myself as well as an eating disorder. I’m sixteen years old and I didn’t think that i would have made past sixteen. I was super depressed and believed that ending my life would have been far better than enduring the hurt i was feeling. I was sooo numb and was ashamed of what I had become. But when i listened to your songs i felt like parts of me where beginning to understand that I am not alone and that as weird as it may sound God loves me regardless of what I’ve done. I’ve been so close to throwing away all that God has planned for me and it is truly because of your music and God’s grace that i am typing this today. I have now found my calling and when I get a bit older I plan on opening up a home for girls who struggle with these sort of things. Thank You for allowing the Lord to use you to touch others. I am truly blessed by what He has done in your life and someday I hope to be doing something along the lines of what you do. You such an inspiration!
    Love Natalie.

  • Misti

    “Our Hope Endures” – hands down. Between December 2005 and July 2006, my Daddy was diagnosed with, treated for and ultimately died from pancreatic cancer at age 60. In June 2007, I was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve, i.e. pregnancy not possible. May 2009 – failed IVF. November 2009 changed career paths. January 2011 – walked away from 13 year professional career altogether. March 2011 – completing home study for domestic adoption. Our hope does endure. Thank you for sharing your gift. May you some day realize how far and how deep your songs reach.

  • Jillian Ferrell

    One day during school on my senior year of high school I got called to the office. I was extremely close to the assistant principal. I stepped into her office and the look on her face told me something was wrong. She said your mom is on the phone and she wants to speak with you. Now a dew days earlier my mom went and had tests done to see if she had cancer. The phone call was explaining the results. Unfortunatley the results showed that she was positive for breast cancer. I cried all the way back to the room while I was listening to my I pod. Schools rules normally don’t allow them but I was desperate for comfort. Your song Held came on and as soon as it started playing the comfort through the words began my healing process and became my strength through the entire 2 years of my mothers fight throug cancer. I replayed it over and over and over again. I never heard it on the radio but after mom had her last treatment we found out my pawpaw had lung cancer and on that very day Held came on. No words will ever be able to express how good God is and how much your obedience to him in writing that song has made such a huge role in my feeling the comfort I needed through such a dark season. I thank you and will always remember this song as my God’s way of sending healing through the pain. I know what it means to truly be held.

  • Lexie

    Your song “Better Hands” always comes on the radio when I’m broken and torn apart driving somewhere. It always reminds me of God’s love and that His is all I’ll ever need. I have an in and out father who tends to hurt me more than anything, but this song helps me to remember that I have a perfect Father who loves me so much that He died. A Father who knows exactly how to love me, exactly how to comfort me, and exactly how to make me smile. This song always renews my strength, brings me hope, and back to the arms that melt all my problems and eliminates every fear. Thank You.

  • Kelsi

    The last few years of my life have been a continuous battle with the question of “Now what?” I always knew that I’d grow up to be a performer. Whether I was singing in coffee houses, as a worship leader, or on a Broadway stage… It didn’t matter; I knew it was what I was called to do. Nothing has ever brought me such joy — nothing has ever allowed me to express my faith so perfectly. What I’m unable to tell someone in conversation I can find for them in a song. Music for me isn’t just an outlet, it’s an entire lifestyle.

    After graduating from a small town high school in ’07, I stayed at home in order to continue working with my vocal coach in Astoria, Oregon, and intern as a voice teacher myself. In December of that year, I came down with a terribly high fever, and had a sore throat covered in white spots from the base of my tongue to my soft palate. It put me out of any vocal training for two weeks, which wouldn’t have been such a big deal if these spots hadn’t kept coming back. Like clockwork, every two months I’d get the same high fever, sore throat and white spots, and be put on vocal rest. Two steps forward, one step back for TWO YEARS. The doctor I had been seeing had been continually treating me for strep, but after a while I couldn’t sit back and let it keep happening. I went to see a throat specialist, was diagnosed instantly with chronic tonsillitis, and was told that my tonsils needed to come out asap.

    While all of this had been going on, I had been looking into different schools to attend, and for one reason or another, nothing ever worked out. It was frustrating, jumping full force into a plan, getting excited about it, and then watching it die in front of me as I reluctantly moved on to another idea. So many “Now what’s” were uttered during those times. It seemed like an endless cycle. Adding my tonsillitis to that only heightened the frustration. Now I was going to be having surgery — I’d be out of singing for two entire months.

    After my tonsillectomy, singing was tough. It took me a while to get back into the swing of things. I didn’t realize how much I could actually feel my tonsils while singing until they were gone. A lot of my muscle memory — especially in my upper register — had disappeared. It felt very foreign for quite a few months, but slowly it all started coming back. It felt better than ever, and just as I was starting to get my full voice back, something wonderful happened: I got into a school. I was getting back to a good place performance-wise, and now I had a plan to go with it!! Things were finally working!

    In September of 2010, I moved to Seattle to attend Cornish College of the Arts. The program was great, the teachers were great, the students were great — everything was great! Then, in December, I woke up one morning, yawned, and felt something pop on the right side of my face — my jaw joint (TMJ). I had a friend who had experienced some TMJ issues before, and they had disappeared after a few weeks. It was the week before Christmas break, so I figured I’d have time to rest it and be good to go by the time the next semester started. Wrong. The consistent pain went away after a while, but I’d still wake up with headaches, bruising, swelling, etc. I came back to school in January under close watch by the voice faculty, only to have my left TMJ pop during the first week of classes. It took all of five minutes for it to start bruising from the middle of my cheekbone down the entire side of my face. I was devastated. As a voice major, not being able to use your jaw is like a dancer not being able to use one foot. “Now what…”

    I finally visited a doctor, knowing that this wasn’t going to be a quick fix, as I had originally assumed. I was diagnosed with severe Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD), which isn’t an uncommon thing to have, but it’s rare for it to be considered a full-fledged illness. My TMD has, unfortunately, gotten to that point. Pounding head/neck aches, limited chewing ability, nausea, sore throats, toothaches, ear pain — I’ve recently gone completely deaf in my left ear.

    I was home for Spring Break just two weeks ago, meeting with different doctors and specialists, all of them telling me there had to be “lifestyle changes,” and that even after going through whatever series of treatments they have for me, they suggest that I “probably shouldn’t sing again…” How could I not? This is what I’m called to do — couldn’t they see that? This brought on the biggest “Now what” of all. What was I supposed to do?

    On the way home from my last appointment, “In Better Hands” came on my iPod. “But there is hope when my faith runs out…” It rang in my head, and all I could do was cry. In all of my “Now what’s”, I had never once stood back and said, “God’s got this.” My parents, sisters, and friends had all said it, but I hadn’t. I had let my faith run out. “You can’t be free if you don’t reach for help…” I began to reach — I prayed and prayed and prayed. I prayed for healing, I prayed for answers, for a clear path, for wisdom… And played that song on repeat for days.

    Two days before break ended, I heard of a woman in Nashville who is not only a vocal coach, but also a vocal therapist. She’s helped people with TMD before, people who were also told they’d never sing again, and she even suffered from it herself when she was first starting out as a singer. I emailed her at 1:00 am Pacific time — she emailed back TEN minutes later. “God’s got us both up tonight for a reason,” she said. All I could think was “It’s like breath of Jesus is right here in this room.” The second I reached for help and surrendered this illness to Him, God started moving in miraculous ways. Halfway across the country, there is one woman who knows how to teach me and fix me all at the same time. I may be packing up my life, moving to a city where I don’t know a soul, but I am not afraid. I may still be sick, waking up each day feeling like I can’t even sit up, but I know that He is stronger than anything I feel. I am in better hands; I am in HIS hands. This is no longer a “Now what” of desperation, but one of excitement. In a few months, I’ll be heading to Nashville, with God holding me safe in His hands.

    Thank you, Natalie, for what you do. Your music has touched me in so many ways — beyond my fight with TMD. As a performer, you’re a gifted hero. As a person, you’re an inspiration. Thank you, thank you.

  • Kari Adams

    Your song “Held” came out at a time that I had two friends that went through miscarriages at the same time. God used that song tremendously in both of their lives, as well as in mine, and whenever I heard it during that time it was a way for me to grieve with them, and pray for them. Thank you for the beautiful lyrics that really ministered to them.

  • Tina

    I was on the cruise to Alaska with you this summer and had the opportunity to meet you. At the time I was just a few weeks pregnant and we had found out 2 days before we left for the cruise. Ironically, you were one of the first people I told, as I knew you were expecting as well and could relate to the challenges of morning sickness mixed with the rough waters that first day at sea.

    After the trip, we put together a slideshow with our hundreds of pictures, and used Greatness of Our God as one of the songs to serve as background music.

    As I planned for the labor and birth of our first daughter, I was determined not to use any pain medication and have a natural birth. I knew I would need other things to focus on, so I made an 11 hour playlist on my iPod, mostly of worship music, and I included your Love Revolution album. After 19 hard hours of labor, I finally got to the stage to push, and Greatness of Our God came up on the playlist. I mentally poured myself into the song, focusing on the words and memories, and it took me back to Alaska and the greatness of God’s creation that we witnessed there. My thoughts then went to the current moment, and how great our God was to create this little life and bless us with it, and how His power could get me through ANYTHING…even labor. As memories of the trip came flooding back, I thought about how fitting it was to have that song happen to play as I delivered my 9 lb 5 oz perfect baby girl…as if my pregnancy had gone full circle with that song. I thank you for being such an inspiration and for the gifts you have shared. That song with always have a special place in my heart.

  • Lisa

    Your song “Held” was like a warm blanket for my soul when my husband and I, after struggling for years with infertility, miscarried in 2008. I’ve never been so broken. Your words reminded me that God doesn’t promise us lives without pain…He promises to hold us during the pain. And that He did!

    I cannot thank you enough, Natalie, for the ways you’ve touched my life. There simply are not enough words.

  • http://benny2010.blogspot.com/ Benny Hazlehurst

    I was just writing about this a couple of hopurs ago on my blog – see http://benny2010.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-song-is.html
    God Bless
    Benny

  • Sarah Miller

    Your entire album Relentless helped me! The songs I really stood on was “I will not be moved”, “Held”, “Perfect People”…. Really all of them I leaned on. I am err umm late 30′s…lol. My entire life I have battled shame….(I have believed n Him since a child) 3 weeks ago God completely removed it… I was raised by grandparents, my parents were around but consumed by addiction and many other family curses. As a child I always had a since of rejection and shame… Some things happened that I really don’t feel free to discuss here..not now anyway. As a teen I was very very shy, to the extreme.. And experimented as most teens will. I got into some trouble that made me even more ashamed. I moved away, had met a preacher & wife that took me n and tought me the love of God. For nearly 10 yrs I lived a good life.. Then I slowly fell out of church… To shorten this long story… I started having pain n my body and slowly over time became addicted to prescibtions. It was a nightmare… Instead of trusting Him I turned to Dr.s. I was n & out of detox hospitals…they gave me even more drugs (made me worse…I was someone else) This went on for 10 yrs, for 5-6 of the 10 yrs I was living a normal life on a pill for addiction/pain. So I didn’t feel like I was worthy for church. They tried to teach me n those treatment centers that I would always b an addict.. I would refuse to accept that.. I knew the power of God. They stayed really frustrated with me! In the AA classes and treatment centers I had my earphones n with ur album going everychance I had. They would ask what r u listening to.. I would say N. Grant Christian music… It keeps me going! I could go on and on..lol. But now I listen to all of ur music and not just hear the words but feel/understand them! God is so good! I told Him I would tell the world if He would help me! It’s funny, I’m not even trying and can’t shutup about His real Love. God showed up just n time! But it took me getting Desperate for Him. I was ready 4 days before He showed up to just go away… And now my husband, dad, mom, siblings and others r running back to Jesus! I’m blown away… I have been happy before but when uv been as low as I was and now free….I feel like I could burst sometimes! I finally understand.. You can stand perfect before Him even N ur imperfections! Everyone has Hope n Him! Love ur Sister N Christ. Sarah

  • Erika Morrison

    Make Me Over was the most and is the most moving song in my life to date. It was at the hardest moment in my adult life to have to put a pet down (call it shallow or stupid, and lossing a loved one is so much more painful than a pet, but when you love with your whole heart death is still the same, and I have felt the pain of lossing a loved one- my dad, but your pet loves you unconditionally people don’t), this song came on, and I couldn’t listen to the song past the 3rd bar, I lost it for I was holding my baby boy Clay in the back seat of my suv as we drove to the vet to put him down. Clay was dying from cancer and he couldn’t or wouldn’t let go, and we had to be merciful and put him down. I was telling my husband to STOP the SONG for I couldn’t take the beauty of the at this painful momet in time, it wasn’t till days later that I could bring my self to listen to this beautiful song with out “lossing it again”. it was in my mind that this was Clay’s death song, but as God would have it, it became my “life song”, see, when I lost my dad I became what he was, an alcoholic, There was not one day that I wasn’t drunk. My hell began when he died, for then I was trying to drown the 10 years of sexual abuse he put me through, it wasn’t until 2 yrs. later on may11, 1998 that I accepted Christ into my heart,and He heal the whole in my heart that could never be filled. Who I am today is because of Christ and His power in my life. So when we are in our deepest momments of pain, Natalies songs speaks what we can’t. There is joy in the journey through the pain and through our triumphs let us all keep singing onto each other to encourage each other and to our great and glorious Lord

  • http://facebook Kathy Lane

    The Real me, has touched my life so much, because I wish that people could see me, as I am Like GOD does see me, My testimony is about 5 miles long. I have been through alot, and this song just tells me WHO I AM. I sing this song in church and God uses me to bless people and I’m honored for that. Thank you for allowing us to by soundtracks like this one and Held, it has blessed me so much I can’t even tell you how many times I have listened to this song to remind me who I am .I am a child of the MOst High..GOD. Thank you for your songs they get me through my days that are tough, and thank you for being such a blessing to us all. God Bless you and Your Family. Kathy Lane Jasper, Alabama.

  • Rachel

    Held is the song I listen to when i am stessed out and wanting to give up.

  • http://www.ashleyramps.com Ashley Ramps

    The Real Me… Book and Song. I was bulimic for 12 years, from the time I was 12 until I was 24, I am 28 now and your song and book helped me fight that and changed my life and now I am working with a ministry in Nashville that is helping “Tweens” discover their identity and it is my passion to help girls avoid and/or overcome that and let them know that they are “Everything Beautiful” to God. Thank you a million million times again for that.

  • Laura

    Hi Natalie! I have loved your music for years, but the song that really had an impact on my life is “Held”. Nine years ago I had two miscarriages and one ectopic pregnancy that had to be surgically removed. I was in a really bad place after the ectopic: mad at the world God included and I heard “Held” on the radio and it made me rethink where I was coming from. Why should I be spared pain and suffering? I have had some counseling with my priest and have accepted that I was not meant to have children and am reconciled with God, but it was really the song that started me down the path. My husband and have tried adoption, but as we do not have $40k available we have accepted that we will not be parents and are in a good place as a couple. We have several nieces and nephews that we spoil shamelessly and that helps us feel fulfilled. Thank you for your music and for the opportunity to tell you my story. I know you know what a blessing your children are and hope that my story will give others that same awareness.

  • Candace

    Dear Natalie,

    In 2005, the Lord began to speak to me, telling me to deal with my sexual abuse. It had been 15 years since I ran away from home and had shut down that part of my past, trying to just live in the moment. Jesus had tenderly brought me to repentance in 1997, but had not asked me to deal with anything so painful or difficult as dealing with the reality of what I experienced. I told Him I could not, as I feared my mind would simply unravel and I might end up in a straight jacket somewhere locked away from the rest of the “normal” people. But, the Lord continued to press me, gently, giving me this verse: “And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” Col 2:17.

    I began the journey with a special prayer time of emotional healing and then the Lord began bringing back memories for me to learn new things about myself and my past. I was raped daily by my father and brother for 20 years with my mother not only knowing, but encouraging the abuse to protect herself from having to have relations with my father. The abuse was horrific, the betrayal cutting and the pain of dealing with it often, unbearable.

    During those moments, I would remember the words of the chorus of your song HELD. I would picture the Lord, kneeling down at my head, holding the head of this little girl in His strong hands as the abuse was happening. That word picture from the chorus of your song reminded me many times that His children do suffer. Yet, the Lord Jesus promises we will be HELD. He continues to go before me and HOLDS me together. He has brought much healing and I am so grateful to intimately know the love of my Heavenly Father.

    Thank you for your song. It was the other piece to the healing verse above and brought much comfort in times of intense pain. It also helped me not to blame God for the sin of man. It reminded me that we live in a fallen world and helped to put many of the realities of where I have been in proper perspective.

  • Angelgirl

    I know I have already posted on here but I remembered another way that your songs have helped me and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to write about it. “In Better Hands” has helped me accept the deaths of my Father’s parents (both of them), my Nanny, Grandma and Grandpa Hood (family friends), my neighbors deaths (their teenage boy and grandparents, who we knew died in a car accident last yr) and also my neighbor mothers death. This song reminds me that they are now in a place where there is no pain or suffering and that one day I will see them again.

    Thank-you Natalie for all your AMAZING songs and good luck in the years to come.
    ~Louise

  • http://Facebook Debbie Taylor

    Not just one song of yours has change my life but every song on the “Relentless” album has changed my life. My husband has not been a follower of Jesus until recently. He heard your album playing in the car and asked who it was. I told him it was Natalie Grant. He started listening to the CD and suddenly asked me one day if I wanted to go to your concert @ the Paso Robles Ca State Fair last year. I was a bit shocked at this request but I said most definitely. We went and I witnessed a change in him. Several times throughout the concert I saw tears in his eyes which to me meant he had been touched. Natalie I want to give you a GREAT BIG THANK YOU. I know that music heals the soul and the words in your songs touch people. My husband is now going to Wednesday night dinners @ our church and he has recently volunteered to help in Children’s Ministry. A soul has been touched by your songs. Praise God!!!!

  • Angelgirl

    I also just remembered that “I will not be Moved” (which I happen to be listening to at this moment) has helped me keep my faith strong even when others made fun of me for believing in God and put down His holy name.

    Thanks again,
    ~Louise

  • http://daboot13.blogspot.com Speechless

    I met you in Dallas and shared a piece of this with you but I know you meet a million people so here we go . . .
    Your music really was key in beginning a huge process in my life. Specifically The Real Me and Make A Way. I was not a christian when I was introduced to The Real Me but my friend requested that i sing it at a youth ceremony for her church. As i listened to it over and over again those words began to shake and rock me. I was in the depths of an eating disorder at the time but bigger than that was that I had lived my entire life being who I though everyone else wanted me to be. The problem was that everyone seemed to want something different and I got lost in the middle of it. That song rocked my world and I continued to listen to it over and over again. Just that one song.
    Then I applied to Mercy Ministries because I decided I wanted to see what this other life was like. What life was like in general because I certainly wasn’t living. I was accepted but was on the waiting list for a long time because I had to have surgery. I was bed bound and unable to walk. In that time I was homeless and stayed with a friend after surgery. My mom came for a couple of days despite a poor relationship with me because I had no one else. I was reading my Mercy books about Jesus and how to get my life together just trying to hold on and not kill myself before I could get there. Then the worst thing I have ever experienced happened. It had happened before as a child but this time I was 24 years old. My mom, a female just like me, used the fact that i couldnt get away to take advantage of me.
    When you are abused as a kid you think that when you are a “grown up” they cant get to you anymore and here I was 24.
    I was done with hoping for something better at that point. I had clenched and clawed my way through life and I was done trying. Then my best friend played “Make A Way” for me. That is my story. My way wasnt working and although I didnt believe in Jesus it opened up the hope that there could be a better way and that someone might help me instead of hurting me. I listened to that song on continuous repeat until I made it to Mercy and some then too! Now I have graduated and God is making a way and teaching me to be the real me. I became a christian at Mercy and that is the best of everything.
    Thank you so much for being used by God is so many peoples lives and for keeping me from the hell that was my life as well as the very real and eternal hell that i was destined to face until I found Jesus!

  • Anna

    I think that each song on your Love Revolution cd has helped me through difficulties but one sticks out because it happened last nite. I was listening to the cd and the last song on my cd is In Better Hands(I got it at Target and it had it as a bonus track to). I was abused by my cousin who is 2 years older than me for 4 years when I was in middle school. I had worked through the abuse but the part that I hadn’t done is forgive him. I never thoguht I would be ready but God had other plans. Last night I was listenig to In Better Hands it was like God used the song to speak to me. The next thing I knew I was in tears praying with song still playing the background(I played over again). I asked God for the wisdom and words to say to my cousin in an e-mail. God was there with me when I wrote that e-mail and it was like a weight was lifted from me. I can say that I am moving on and my faith is stronger because of that song. I gave God control because I know that in him I am in good hands. I know he will see me through this. I am looking forward to what God has instore for my life. I am a stronger person not just in my faith but as a person. Music is a huge part of my life and this isn’t the first time God has used a song to get me to listen. Thank you for making this cd. I am an abuse survivor not a victim anymore.

  • Lindsey

    Hello Natalie,
    I am a single mom with four young children, two of which have pretty significant medical issues. In October my two year old daughter, Gracie, went in the hospital on a Monday for a scheduled surgery. She did great after surgery but still needed the ventilator after so spent the week in the PICU. The following Friday she was able to start breathing on her own and was doing great, so I decided to go home that night and get some sleep. I got a call at 5:30a Saturday morning telling me that Gracie had taken a turn for the worse and I needed to get to the hospital ASAP because she wasn’t going to make it. I run to the car, obviously in my pajamas, and am trying to come to terms that my precious daughter might be dead by the time I get to the hospital. Trying to drive and hysterical, I turn on the radio to hear your song, “In Better Hands” This was the first time I had actually heard this song and words can’t explain what those lyrics meant to me at that moment. I got to the hospital 15 minutes before she coded, she came back only to code 10 minutes later and then to be rushed in the OR. As I sat in an empty, dark surgery waiting room I prayed that the surgeon would be the next person I saw and not the Chaplin, I knew if I saw the Chaplin that meant the Gracie had not made it. Praise God she survived the surgery, but the next 5 weeks were spent in the PICU fighting to survive, and your song was played many, many times every single day. Your song has helped me through so much since that horrible day, I continue to listen to it at least once a day and it brings tears to my eyes every time. My daughter now needs a multi-organ transplant to survive past childhood, however that major surgery to give her the transplant could be what kills her. I have come to realize that my Gracie will most likely not live to be a teenager, and because of Jesus and your song I have accepted that. Since October my relationship with God has been totally different, I fully believe that this all happened for a reason, and He is always holding my precious girl in His hands. I have experienced emotions that I didn’t even realize existed and cried more than I thought was possible, but I know that was God’s plan because that pain brought me closer to Him. And I know that when God decides to call Gracie home to Him I will rejoice, because she will be in better hands now.

  • Lindsey

    I forgot to mention, I am bringing Gracie with me to the concert you are having in Muncie, Indiana. I am so excited for my girl to see the woman that helped Mommy get through so many horrible days!!!

  • Chris W

    I had stopped attending church after a 20 year battle with severe depression. It is a long story, but when I hit rock bottom Jesus rescued me from that pit literally overnight… it still amazes me after several doctors told me I would probably be on anti-depressants for life. In the year after being delivered from depression, my father almost died, my neice spent many months in the hospital with a serious illness, and my more-like-a-sister cousin with 2 small children was given 8 months to live when breast cancer metastized in her body at the age of 32. She lived 7 months after her terminal diagnosis. During this timeframe, I really thought each new situation would be too much – I would be overwhelmed again with depression. I Will Not Be Move and Better Hands Now really got me through that time – I listened to it every morning and sometimes on my face in hotel rooms next to the hospital. I had normal fear and sadness during this year, but God has been faithful – several years later I remain free of depression. Thank you for your music!

  • Robyn S

    Hi Natalie,
    This is not really about how your song got me through but takes me back to the moment every time I hear it…….
    A few years ago, I took my daughter and her lifelong best friend to a Revolve event. I was volunteering so in between “duty” I was sitting at the top of the Arena. I will never forget watching…(with tears streaming)…..thousands of teenage girls with their hands in the air singing “this is how it feels to be held, how it feels when the sacred is torn from your life and you survive”….. BTW, my daughters best friend was just diagnosed with lymphoma and begins chemotherapy next week. I am praying that they remember that through the difficult times of life that they are Held…….

  • http://beautythatscreamsacreator.blogspot.com Katie

    At 23 I had been in a dating relationship for almost 3 years when I began to realize that this man was not a very strong leader for me in my faith. He had a faith in Christ but was not leading me in mine. I felt like God was drawing me near to another man in my life who could be a leader in Christ. I, very grudgingly, broke off the relationship that I had been in, sure in my mind that God was preparing something better for me in the form of a relationship with a man of God who was strong in his faith and would be a leader for me. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do because I was so in love with the person I was with, but felt as if I had to be faithful to God’s calling. Much to my surprise that “safety net” that I had been so sure was there was not there. My initial reaction was resentment towards God — how could He not follow through when I was faithful and did the right and the hard thing? I went through the break up in order to be obedient and I felt like it was His turn to hold up His end of the bargain. The day that I realized the safety net relationship was not going to happen, I was laying in my bed that night and your song “in better hands” came on. It hit me like a ton of bricks — I was in better hands now. Yes I had dropped out of the hands of 2 people, which was extremely painful, but I had fallen right smack into the hands of God without even realizing it. God was saying to me, “Katie, why are you so worried? You are in the hands of the creator of universe, the One who made you and knows you better than any one person. You are so worried about being alone – don’t you realize that you are not in a worse position now but rather one in which you can even moreso depend on me in your every move? Use this trial as a mechanism to draw you even more into my grace, into a place where you are unable to take one tiny step forward without completely leaning on me in blind trust and faith, not knowing where I’ll lead you. Don’t just try to get through this hard time, but embrace it as a time where I have full reign to speak to you and you have the full attention to listen.” Through this time God has given me an awareness of “every mountain that [He] moves,” He has shown me the shining sun through the rain, He has taught me to love myself… each truth you speak in that song literally came true in my life as I watched God’s Word unfold daily. I am still single over a year later, and couldn’t be more content with my one and only relationship with my Maker.

  • Evie

    I heard your song “Held” in 2006 and I fell in love with it. I would listen to the song with my song Jack, who was born with a severe congenital heart and lung disease in 2002. Jack underwent several open heart surgeries and many trials throughout his life, so any sing that I could find that would help to soothe him after visits from his home health nurse or after physical therapy, I greatly appreciated and your song was just the one. I would play it in the car anytime we went anywhere and we would sing along. Sadly in Jan. 2007, Jack fell sick to RSV and pneumonia and went into heart failure and was put on life support at Texas Children’s Hospital. After 6 long weeks of battling this lifelong illness, I lost Jack on Valentine’s Day of 2007 to a heart attack. I had to drive 5 hours to my home town in Louisiana after he passed away and your CD was in the player when I got into the car. I listened “Held” over and over again. I cried, I screamed, I got comfort. I played the song until I pulled up in my driveway and then the hard part came over the next few days, planning my baby boy’s funeral. The only thing that I was sure of was that “Held” had to be played at the funeral. My best friend is a musician and she sang it while another friend played the guitar. Nothing was beautiful about that day, except for the words to that song. It touched people and they kept asking me who wrote the song and how appropriate that it was for my little Jack. Although it is very tough for me to get through the song even today, I often read the words and it is enough. Thank you for giving that song to so many people because it touched my life and always will, just like Jack did.

  • http://Blog CJ Surdick

    I love your song Held. I have a friend who’s 18 month old son died suddenly. I bought her your cd. I gave it to her at the funeral. I felt maybe your words could bring some comfort……and they did. She loved the song. Experiencing any loss or having a bad day, just hearing those words of being held by the Lord is powerful. You have made a difference in people’s lives, thank you.

  • http://www.thatgirllauren.com Lauren Alexander

    “Home” has been a huge theme song for our little family. I have always been fascinated with the plight of ophans around the world and I always anticipated that I would do an overseas adoption with my husband. Human trafficking has been a cause that has reasonated with me too. This song was to mean something different for us though.

    About three months after we got married, the Lord began speaking to me about getting involved in foster care. I was uninterested, to say the least: after all, I couldn’t imagine loving a child and knowing he or she could leave my life at any moment! But the Lord kept on – He told me I wouldn’t be geting into foster care for how it made me feel, but rather because these children need a home, so I mentioned to my husband that God was “inviting” us to become foster parents.

    I reluctantly asked how he felt about accepting this so-called invitation. I halfheartedly hoped he would say a resounding, “No! Are you crazy? We have been married such a short time!”

    But he didn’t. In fact, in my email inbox the very next day were some FAQs on Indiana foster care! God told me specifically that we couldn’t wait to get licensed because there was a child or children who needed to be with us. So we were married in February 2010 and became officially licensed with the state as therapeutic foster parents in August 2010.

    We had to turn down five consecutive calls for placement because the circumstances were not appropriate for our situation and because we didn’t have peace about them…they weren’t “THE placement” and we knew God told us to wait….
    Then on October 18th, 2010 – the three most beautiful babies I have ever seen got out of their carseats and came HOME to us. They were 3, 2, and 7 months old. Two newlyweds who didn’t know much about marriage and even less about parenting – and God has just entrusted us with three special treasures.
    They didn’t sleep.
    They didn’t trust us.
    They hadn’t ever been engaged in conversation.
    They didn’t listen to a word we said.

    BUT GOD.

    The oldest had witnessed horrendous acts of domestic violence and been exposed to drug use by her parents. At three, she had lived more life than I had. A pretty princess, a broken crown.

    BUT GOD.

    She now (mostly) happily climbs into her bed with her plethora of stuffed animals when she used to lay her head by the door to make sure no one was being beaten down the hall. There’s no more fear: no secrets are told.
    She’s home.

    The middle child came to us knowing maybe 30 words, most of them inappropriate for anyone to say, let alone a precious child.

    BUT GOD.

    Now we can’t ever get her to be quiet (!) as she spins around the room and sings praises to Jesus at the top of her lungs.
    She’s home.

    The baby came to us at seven months, sweet as pie but not truly connecting with anyone. He had never had a mommy or daddy.

    BUT GOD.

    Now when he’s at church and hears one of our voices, his head spins around to see us and smile.
    He’s home.

    And those newlyweds who took on too much and did some crazy things according to this world?
    We get in bed every night and thank God for inviting us, because HE is who makes a group of strangers into a family. He is the one who invited us to a place where hearts are one – the chains are undone – and we are all finally belonging. We hope to adopt them as soon as the system allows us….but even if we lose them – they know where their REAL home is and we are planting seeds so they can reap a harvest of salvation someday.

    Thanks for this song…I know it has changed many lives and I am grateful for the chance to tell how it has changed us.

    Love,
    Lauren & the rest of Team Alexander
    Seth, Heather, Tabbi, & Ty

  • http://www.harberclan.blogspot.com Rebecca Harber

    I was just looking for a way to contact you to let you know that your song “Held” has been my comfort song during my daughter’s Craniosynostosis journey. I made a video of her with your song “Held” and Janelle’s song “Amazing”. I have also had a chance to sing this song at church and on a discipleship weekend.

    My daughter was diagnosed with Craniosynostosis in February 2008 when she was 4 months old. Craniosynostosis is a condition where the plates in the skull fuse together too soon and do not allow for proper brain growth. Surgery is the only way to relieve the pressure that the skull is putting on the brain. If surgery is not done then the child will have developmental delays, loss of eyesight and hearing along with many other delays. Julianna had surgery at 8 months old to relieve the pressure from her brain. She is a healthy vibrant 3 year old now but her skull is not healing like it should be. She will be having surgery again to fill in several large holes in her skull using her rib bones. Once again I have turned to your song and the strength that the Lord gives me. Please be in prayer for my family as we head to Nashville, 3 hours away from our home, to have her 2nd surgery at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital on April 14. We will be in the PICU for a week while she recovers. If you want to read Julianna’s entire story you can go to http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/juliannaharber To watch her video go to my blog http://www.harberclan.blogspot.com and click on her video on the left side of the page.

    Thank you so much for the music that you write and share with the world.
    Love in Christ,
    Rebecca Harber

  • http://www.notsobrightandshiny.blogspot.com Sarah Jones

    i think this blog post says it all….a day that changed my life natalie….
    http://notsobrightandshiny.blogspot.com/2010/10/woman-of-faith.html

  • Angela Frantz

    In December 2005, my husband was out of work and we were facing a very bleak Christmas. While we still had my income, it was hardly enough to cover all of our living expenses. Needless to say, Christmas as we’d known it before just wasn’t going to happen.

    Our church hosted you for a concert (Canyon Hills Assembly), and we had the amazing honor of singing in the choir during your concert. It was a great evening for us – a time to focus on the upcoming Christmas holiday without the burden of our financial situation looming over our heads.

    Near the end of the show, you took a few minutes and told the story behind “Held”. I’ve always been amazed by others’ testimony, but that story just rocked me to my core. I had to fight to keep my composure while sitting on stage behind you while you told the audience about the parents of the baby who went home to Jesus too soon… about the husband battling cancer… In the middle of my own situation, I was absolutely shaken in that moment, as I realized that there are always situations that will make ours look small, silly, insignificant. By sharing that story, you unknowingly gave me one of the best gifts that Christmas. It cost you nothing to share a few minutes, but it really helped me find the perspective needed during a very difficult time.

    As a postscript – we welcomed our second son in January 2010. We found out just after he was born that he has Down syndrome. Again, the words of that song helped through another difficult time – a time of adjustment to “the new normal”. I am so incredibly blessed by your music, and thank you for sharing this song with the world! (My little guy is a fan of your music, too. When I sing “The Desert Song” to him, his eyes light up and he gets the biggest grin on his face!)

  • http://sarahwinslow.blogspot.com Sarah

    I was looking for a job, two years ago, similar to a Resident Director but didn’t know if something existed. While looking online, I stumbled across a piece of your testimony on Focus on the Family website and was impressed that you were willing to share with so many. A few days later while driving home from work your song “What Are You Waiting For” randomly came on my iPod and convicted me to keep looking for such a job. I know that some artists endorse charities and such on their website. Remembering your testimony I had recently heard, I decided to look. Here I found a link to Mercy Ministries and a tweet you had posted about a Cross Point sermon. I researched a lot about Mercy and loved what they were doing. I now travel 2-3 times a year from Oregon to Nashville to volunteer at Mercy and while I am there I attend Cross Point. I have fallen in love with both places and hope to move to TN so that I can becomes more closely connected.

    Thanks for your faithfulness to Him!

  • http://sarahwinslow.blogspot.com Sarah

    I will actually be there this week helping at Mercy and attending Cross Point!

  • Moselle Bagby

    Hey Nat! The song that impacts me most from you is “You Deserve” I literally break down into tears with that song because I never really thought about how much He deserves until I listen to that song. I love you and your music! Keep it up!

  • Clyta Harris

    Natalie, Your song, “Held” has ministered to me so much during the past month. My baby grandson died last month on his two-month birthday. A friend purchased “Held” and sent it to me. I have truly felt “Held” during this time. I wish my family felt the same. Please pray for all of us.

  • Donna Norris

    I Will Stumble spoke to my heart in a way that is difficult to put into words. I’ve been a Christian since I was a little girl and have walked with God and turned my back on Him in a temper tantrum through the years. But the words of that song just told my life story. I know He loves me, scars and all. My life belongs to Him – and I have finally stopped believing the lies of the enemy. I may stumble, I may fall down, but I will not be moved. Not anymore.

  • Artsy

    I just listened to your song ‘let go’ for the first time but I just wanted to say that I’m sure I’ll be listening to it a lot more from here on! I tend to over think things, and regret almost everything, and then beat up myself with “You shouldn’t have said that!” or “why did you do that? You’re just digging a hole for yourself”, and I can let the worries of the things I’ve done [that I no longer have control over] take hold of me and control my mind. So haveing a song to encourage me to let go of the worries and stress and “unsertin” things that the future holds, and live everyday for God is going to be so great. I was reading the ‘behind the song’ on JFH and just loved when you said “But to live a life of faith, we have to learn to let go of worries, the past and the future. We need to live in the moment, give up control, close our eyes, and jump.”

    Thanks Natalie for the great music! God bless you and your family!:)

  • autumndene

    I was raised in a family where I didn’t feel much love. Except that of all the different people abusing me. 6 different people thought they had a right to my body, like they owned me or something. It started when I was just 2 years old and didn’t stop until the age of 19. I never really had any concept of God growing up but I had heard His name. When I was 7 I started cutting myself and at the age of 12 I had my first suicide attempt. Also at that age I started starving myself. By the time I hit high school I was a full blown alcoholic and right after graduation I left everything I knew to live on the streets to be a drug addict where I was raped 6 times. I always asked myself where
    God was in all of this. If He loved
    Me SO much why wouldn’t he make everything stop. Little did I know He was right there hold me the whole time. I am now about to turn 22 and I have been sober for almost 3 years. Jesus Christ is THE most important and influential person in my life. I no longer have to feel the pain I thought I deserved because Jesus calls me His own and tells me that I’m worth so much more! I am the daughter of a King!
    I’ve made mistakes, man I’ve made mistakes, but Jesus says that I can be forgiven through Him! And I have been! People have hurt me but I can forgive them because my savior has forgiven me! He continues to bless my life and reveal Himself to me daily! I can imagine my life without Him. My calling in life is to be a therapist for abused children and teenagers. And God wants me to get my story out there to show people that they don’t need to feel ashamed of where theyve come from and to let them know that He was holding them through it all! Tha k you for taking the time to read my testimony. I hope it helps at least one person in this world. Just one can make a difference! Natalie, your song Held has meant so much to me! I thought God abandoned me all my life but now I know that He held me. All of your songs has had a huge impact on my healing process but Held has been the most influential song for me. When I have difficulties knowing God is with me I listen to your song and I KNOW Christ is holding me. Thank you so much for your music! I can’t even begin to explain how much it has helped me!

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