The Story -

This song began around the year 2010 when I was a freshman in college. One of the books I had for reading was Knowing God by J. I . Packer. One night I wanted to do some reading before going to sleep, so I turned to a random page, read only a paragraph, and this song basically hit me out of the blue. I could hardly get it on paper fast enough.

Later on, I submitted it to a song contest for a Christian conference. I was disappointed that it didn’t win, but most of all I was disappointed to not get any feedback so that I could improve it. I didn’t have the best attitude about it, but ironically, Keith and Kristyn Getty were the guest musicians for the conference. I didn’t know much at all about them at the time, but ten years later they would become a key part of my own growth in songwriting and through them I would build the very connections that would lead to this song being recorded. God works in mysterious ways!

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:19-22

-Peter Schlaybach