There are so many God-stories related to the song, 61 Degrees.

The day after a poignant conversation with a deeply hurting neighbor, I was still feeling their pain and the weather seemed to feel it too. I went to my studio and worked with a computer tech to fix something on my computer. After a while I realized that, due to an error on their part, my five backup drives had been affected. The sound files I use for our business and all my songs were gone or corrupted. The main back up drive was wiped completely. I was battling rage and was on the verge of tears.

The next 8 hours were spent off and on the phone with different Apple experts. During times on hold or waiting for a call back, the lyrics and melody of 61 Degrees bubbled up through the “cracks”. Fast forward to the end of the day, I felt like a limp spaghetti noodle but I had a complete song that not only reflected my neighbor’s pain but mine as well during the darkest time in my life at the beginning of my recovery journey.  

The birth of a song was only one of God-stories. In addition, God answered my desperate prayer and the most essential files were recovered and the corrupted song files fixed!  

Several days later, there was another God-story to report! This story I call “8 for 8”. Once a song is written, it normally takes 16-20 hours to produce it for release. 61 Degrees, however, was completed in 8 hours. This had never happened before! God redeemed the 8 hours of “wasted” time I spent on the phone to overcome the computer crisis. I was so amazed and grateful! 

I want to always remember God’s faithfulness and I hope these God-stories will encourage you as well.