Alabaster Box’s lead singer, Naarah has just launched her new album called ‘The Story’. The songs really are stories… reactions to the unpredictable and somewhat uncertain circumstances life throws at us.
I’ve been on the journey with Naarah and known her now for over ten years and just love the way the songs on this very personal album have actually been written from some of the most tender, vulnerable moments. I’ll never forget, getting a call from the guys on the road one day… it should have been a really joyous moment – Alabaster Box had opened for a well known artist and had had an amazing experience! However, soon after walking off stage Naarah found out she had miscarried their first child. Such a traumatic moment for any mum and dad to go through… possibly grief I’m not even qualified to try and comprehend or try and write about having never been in such a situation. As a result of such a life changing situation – the song – ‘On that day’ was birthed. A song of faith and hope… listen here (on website scroll down)
On that day
On that day when everything around me changed
I heard a voice say you will not be the same
On that day when life was taken from me
My heart felt broken but I knew there was something more to see
It will be alright I have found my peace in the night
It will be ok cause this mountain cannot stay
Cause on that day I found…
Faith, in the moment that brought me to my knees
And all I could do was hold my heart and cry
On that day my prayers seem to just fade away
I knew then that I must believe there was something more to me
It will be alright I have found my peace in the night
It will be ok cause this mountain cannot stay
Cause on that day I found…
Faith is a lesson that’s so hard to learn
When your dreams have been denied
In my desperate hour I find my treasure here
The night will fade away, on that day
My favourite song is the one at the end of the album that’s possibly never going to be a radio single… it’s been unassumingly placed at the end of the album and is called ‘What makes him happy’. At first when I started listening I was thinking the song was taking a direction I didn’t agree with… a to do list of what supposedly ‘makes God happy’… but as the song progressed I realized it was quite the opposite and actually completely about ‘being’ rather than ‘doing’. Highly recommend having a listen to this one during a quiet moment where you can actually soak in the words and not be distracted by something else. God might just whisper in your ear…
Check out Naarah’s NEW website to listen to the songs for free and maybe share it with a friend who might need encouraging. We all know life’s not gonna be easy but it is certainly hard to prepare for those moments. I trust that God can speak to you and encourage you today through the lyrics on this album…. that certainly would be Naarah’s prayer… for someone to be encouraged in their spiritual journey … for someone to be convinced to hold on even though it might feel like all that you’ve got left is a little pinky finger worth of grip.
Hold on… don’t give up.
Grab the album now on itunes… or in Australia from your local Christian bookshop or Koorong.
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Leave a comment about the album or even suggest someone who could enjoy a copy and have a chance* to WIN a free copy of the album!
*one random person will be selected to win the album ‘The Story’ by Naarah Seagrott. Competition ends Friday November 19, 12pm (EST Brisbane).