Writing songs is hard. If you don't think so, try to do it right now. I'm serious... stop what you are doing, quit reading this blog post and go right a verse, chorus, and put it to a melody and sing it to someone today. I bet you get about three words in and you go, "aww... this is dumb."On the other hand...
You could sit down and in 5 minutes have a masterpiece! Melody is perfect, verse makes sense and flows right into the chorus. It's memorable, catchy, has a good hook, speaks to a felt need of our humanity... all those things that we love songs to do for us when we hear the good ones.
I find that I'm usually somewhere in the middle of those two places and the only way to finally land on the upside is to work at it and work at and work at it and work at it. It's a hard discipline, but it is so rewarding when you find those nuggets of wisdom in a lyric and people can latch on and sing with you. Nothing is more satisfying than when other join in singing the songs that come from your heart.
I imagine that's how God feels when we write songs. After all, they have been His for so long. When we finally put pen to paper and jot down those few lines that rhyme and sing that melody that leads to harmony, I think God smiles because He feels the same satisfaction as we sing a new song to the Lord. The journey of God's people as it is chronicled on songs throughout the years is an amazing tale. I want to encourage you as a worship leader, songwriter, musician, to take a few moments and add your voice to the story.
Go ahead, hum a few bars...
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