Is it Raining in Your Heart

I started writing this song in a season when I felt like I was failing as a mother, far from the mother I had hoped to be. The melody came to me first, soft and unfinished, and I’m still working to discover what the chorus will sound like. I don’t know anything about writing music, but these are the words that rose as I tried to understand my own heart as a young mother of six beautiful children.

Is it Raining in Your Heart.

Is it raining in your heart,
Did you feel that you could play the part
Of the mother you dreamed you'd be,
Did it happen differently?

Did the days rush by too fast,
Were there times you wished would last,
And even though you felt so small
Did you rise up after every fall?
 
Did you hold their hands with love,
Whispering prayers to God above?
As you offered all you had
Trusting God when days felt sad.
 
Were there nights you couldn’t sleep,
As the worries gathered deep,
Did you wonder if your love was heard
In every quiet, trembling word?
 
You gave far more than you ever knew,
Even when the weight felt heavy on you,
And in the moments, no one saw,
God was holding you through it all?

 Chorus

Hearts aren’t shaped by perfection,
But by showing up each day.
Just know that love was in the trying,
In every tear you wiped away.
And though you didn’t see it then,
You are so much more than you believe,
For God was always guiding you
In ways you couldn’t see.