Hymns for Anxious Little Hearts
This new hymn from The Getty Girls, Keith & Kristyn Getty, Sandra McCracken, and Joni Eareckson Tada is a peace-filled reminder of the One who can calm the storm and breathe courage into our fearful hearts.
"Courage, dear heart," and the voice, she felt sure, was Aslan's, and with the voice a delicious smell breathed in her face.’ (CS Lewis, ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’)
The fears and brokenness of the world weigh so heavily on our children’s shoulders. We see it more and more. But we know there is one voice who can calm the storm and breathe courage into a fearful heart.
It is a relief to point our children to the Savior. His truth remains unbreakable. The earth is the Lord’s and everything within. He carries our griefs and takes up our sorrows at the cross. He walks beside us and leads us in His life-giving path. He is our confidence and courage.
We hope this new children’s hymn sings Christ’s message of peace into anxious little hearts. It closes with the voices of Joni Tada, who has served God from a wheelchair for over fifty years, and six year old Tahlia - every age and season needs the comfort of the Lord!
‘’And now, little children, abide in him…’
(1 John 3v28)
When my heart is filled with fear
Like a stormy sky
Jesus says “be not afraid”
He is at my side
Chorus
There’s a rock where I can go
Keeps me safe and this I know
Deep within my troubled soul
Jesus calms the storm
When my thoughts are tossed and turned
Like a raging sea
I will listen to His voice
He will comfort me
Chorus
When I feel the shame of sin
Like a crashing wave
My Redeemer rescues me
By His grace I’m saved
Chorus
He who rules the wind and waves
Soon will come again
Oh take courage little heart
Every storm will end
Chorus (x2)
The Getty Girls, Eliza, Charlotte, Grace, and Tahlia are GMA Dove award winning sisters who love to sing.
Born in Nashville to Northern Irish parents, Keith and Kristyn Getty, they started a Family Hymn Sing to encourage families around the world. This led to a BBC Television Documentary and appearances on Fox News and TBN. They returned to Northern Ireland for a year during Covid and followed up with the Dove-award winning children’s album “Hymns from Home”, and made guest artist appearances on Getty #1 Billboard album “Evensong” (even knocking their beloved “Frozen” off the #1 spot on children’s Billboard after 41 weeks, for one week!) and the Grammy nominated album “Confessio”.
Since returning to America they have begun to perform on tours with their family, both singing and playing at venues including Carnegie Hall, Ryman Auditorium, and a first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry.
During 2023 they recorded a second Dove Nominated single “I am not my own” and performed on the Getty “Sing” World Tour in America, Europe, Asia and Australia including the closing night at Sydney Opera House.
Keith and Kristyn Getty are GRAMMY®-nominated recording artists from Northern Ireland who have revolutionized the hymn genre with songs such as “In Christ Alone” and “Christ Our Hope in Life and Death.” According to Christianity Today, they have “changed the way evangelicals worship.” Their songs are sung by over 100 million people around the globe each year, and they have written or co-published 38 out of the top 500 CCLI songs in the US/UK. They have performed for presidents and prime ministers and on stages such as Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and Sydney Opera House. Keith was awarded the OBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to music and hymn writing. Today they lead a hymn movement involving a diverse group of writers through the Getty Music Organization and Global Foundation. Keith & Kristyn live between Nashville and Northern Ireland with their four daughters.
Sandra McCracken is a songwriter, modern-day hymn writer, and record producer whose songs include “We Will Feast In The House Of Zion” and “Thy Mercy My God.” She is a founding member of Indelible Grace Music and Rain For Roots (children’s music) and has been a guest writer for Art House America, She Reads Truth, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, RELEVANT Magazine and more. She is the author of Send Out Your Light: The Illuminating Power of Scripture and Song.
Joni Eareckson Tada, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Joni and Friends International Disability Center, is an international advocate for people with disabilities. Joni and Friends serves thousands of special-needs families through Family Retreat, and has delivered over 200,000 wheelchairs and Bibles to needy disabled persons in developing nations. Learn more about Joni & Friends here.
