Steven Curtis Chapman at D6
Tonight, we had the privilege of spending an evening with Steven Curtis Chapman.
Opened by singing, "Speechless".
God has been showing me His goodness over the last few years.
Psalm 34:8-Not just the good that comes in heaven, but also the goodness here on earth.
I was taken to church by my mom while my dad slept in. His mother was pregnant at the age of 16. His dad eventually became the Minister of Music for the pastor that banged on his bedroom window to get him to wake up and come to church.
"Lord of the Dance"
Dancing with the Dinosaur-What was I thinking? I think it was influenced by Barney. I wrote all of these songs about dancing and I knew nothing about dancing.
I had a sense at the age of 15 of God's call on my life. He wrote his first song at this time.
"For the Sake of the Call"
He attended Anderson University. One day he received a letter in his mailbox and ripped it open to find out it was actually addressed to Mary Beth Chapman. Wouldn't it be neat to meet someone with the same last name? Been married 27 years this October.
After finding out his parents were getting divorced, he wrote the song, "I Will Be Here" for his wife.
We had been married 7 months when we found out we were pregnant with our daughter, Emily. Then his two sons were born. When Emily went on a mission trip to Haiti with her mom, she came back and decided that she needed a little sister. Emily would write letters to her parents about adoption and even to say they would be living in disobedience if they didn't adopt.
They went to China and adopted Shaohannah. Nothing will change the way God loves us. This became more real as he returned from China. He wrote this song as a response, "When Love Takes You In".
A few years later, Mary Beth returned to China to get Stevey Joy. Soon after, Steven was on a different trip with Luis Palau, where he was able to share gospel in China. At this time, he met Maria at an event. As he was holding her, he fell in love and as he drove away, he started to cry. He asked, "What is this about?" By the time, he got home from China, Mary Beth had already begun the paperwork to adopt Maria.
One night, Stevey Joy & Maria were dressed in play dresses. They wanted to go to the wall and wanted to dance and Steven was trying to quickly get the girls to bed because he had work to do. After rushing to get the girls to bed, he started to think about what to write. He then began to remember his daughter, Emily, who away at college. He started to realize our time with our kids is short. This song was written that evening, "Cinderella" After Maria passed away, he thought he would never sing this song again. But the song has become a reminder of hope to him.
Stevey Joy asked her dad one evening, "Are fairy tales true?" Yes, it is true that there is an ever after that is amazing.
May 21, 2008-The day Maria went to be with Jesus. I haven't talked a lot about that day. Was God good on May 21st? One commitment that he made early was that he would not pretend. If he couldn't sing the songs with conviction, he would just stop. God is faithful. He is mysterious and His ways are not our ways, but I trust Him. Jeremiah 29:11. I don't understand for sure what was going on that day. The best picture I can get is God with tears in His eyes restrained Himself from stopping for reasons that we don't know. Maria ran to meet her brother who could help her reach the bars. Maria knew Will is the greatest big brother that ever lived.
Maria loved to glue and cut, glue and cut, and then put glitter over it. She always drew a picture of a flower with six petals but this picture only had one petal colored. She had drawn a butterfly and had written a word that she didn't even know. It was "see." They had been praying for something physical they could see to bring comfort. For them this picture and word was that comfort. They framed the picture and even got tattoos with it. He returned back to Psalm 34:8. Will we trust God? Will we trust him with our marriage, our kids, our anger, etc.?
After a time of prayer, he closed by singing "Blessed Be the Name of the Lord & How Great Is Our God."
Opened by singing, "Speechless".
God has been showing me His goodness over the last few years.
Psalm 34:8-Not just the good that comes in heaven, but also the goodness here on earth.
I was taken to church by my mom while my dad slept in. His mother was pregnant at the age of 16. His dad eventually became the Minister of Music for the pastor that banged on his bedroom window to get him to wake up and come to church.
"Lord of the Dance"
Dancing with the Dinosaur-What was I thinking? I think it was influenced by Barney. I wrote all of these songs about dancing and I knew nothing about dancing.
I had a sense at the age of 15 of God's call on my life. He wrote his first song at this time.
"For the Sake of the Call"
He attended Anderson University. One day he received a letter in his mailbox and ripped it open to find out it was actually addressed to Mary Beth Chapman. Wouldn't it be neat to meet someone with the same last name? Been married 27 years this October.
After finding out his parents were getting divorced, he wrote the song, "I Will Be Here" for his wife.
We had been married 7 months when we found out we were pregnant with our daughter, Emily. Then his two sons were born. When Emily went on a mission trip to Haiti with her mom, she came back and decided that she needed a little sister. Emily would write letters to her parents about adoption and even to say they would be living in disobedience if they didn't adopt.
They went to China and adopted Shaohannah. Nothing will change the way God loves us. This became more real as he returned from China. He wrote this song as a response, "When Love Takes You In".
A few years later, Mary Beth returned to China to get Stevey Joy. Soon after, Steven was on a different trip with Luis Palau, where he was able to share gospel in China. At this time, he met Maria at an event. As he was holding her, he fell in love and as he drove away, he started to cry. He asked, "What is this about?" By the time, he got home from China, Mary Beth had already begun the paperwork to adopt Maria.
One night, Stevey Joy & Maria were dressed in play dresses. They wanted to go to the wall and wanted to dance and Steven was trying to quickly get the girls to bed because he had work to do. After rushing to get the girls to bed, he started to think about what to write. He then began to remember his daughter, Emily, who away at college. He started to realize our time with our kids is short. This song was written that evening, "Cinderella" After Maria passed away, he thought he would never sing this song again. But the song has become a reminder of hope to him.
Stevey Joy asked her dad one evening, "Are fairy tales true?" Yes, it is true that there is an ever after that is amazing.
May 21, 2008-The day Maria went to be with Jesus. I haven't talked a lot about that day. Was God good on May 21st? One commitment that he made early was that he would not pretend. If he couldn't sing the songs with conviction, he would just stop. God is faithful. He is mysterious and His ways are not our ways, but I trust Him. Jeremiah 29:11. I don't understand for sure what was going on that day. The best picture I can get is God with tears in His eyes restrained Himself from stopping for reasons that we don't know. Maria ran to meet her brother who could help her reach the bars. Maria knew Will is the greatest big brother that ever lived.
Maria loved to glue and cut, glue and cut, and then put glitter over it. She always drew a picture of a flower with six petals but this picture only had one petal colored. She had drawn a butterfly and had written a word that she didn't even know. It was "see." They had been praying for something physical they could see to bring comfort. For them this picture and word was that comfort. They framed the picture and even got tattoos with it. He returned back to Psalm 34:8. Will we trust God? Will we trust him with our marriage, our kids, our anger, etc.?
After a time of prayer, he closed by singing "Blessed Be the Name of the Lord & How Great Is Our God."
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