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WAYMAKER AARON SHUST LETS LOVE LIGHT THE WAY by caroline lusk
A lot can happen in twelve years . Families form , careers are made , hearts fall apart and come back together again . Love and loss co-exist indiscriminately , doling out sorrow and , time to time , passing out peace . Day to day , life teaches us many lessons ; perhaps the greatest is the reminder of all we don ’ t know . When Aaron Shust first entered the collective conscious of the church and worship community , it was with a declaration of humility — an acknowledgment that he doesn ’ t have all the answers . “ I am not skilled to understand …” the opening lines of what has become his signature song , “ My Savior , My God ,” were his testimony . Today , those words still ring true . “ Those words impacted me so dramatically ,” Aaron reflects . “ I wasn ’ t being dramatic when I wrote those . I was trying to allow those words to enter my mind , allowing those truths and lyrics to work into the fabric of who I am .” Twelve years later , those truths still resonate with a man who has walked some of life ’ s darkest , scariest roads , yet still sings of His gracious and merciful redeemer . “ We have had supernatural peace in times of great darkness ,” he says , referring also to his wife . “ We ’ ve had children on the brink of death , yet have felt peace . In those dark moments when the grief and tragedy are real , I ’ m able to say I ’ m not skilled to understand , but I trust in Him .” Said without an ounce of pretense ; without even the slightest hint that he ’ s trying to convince anyone , not even himself , it ’ s clear that Aaron Shust has been anointed . Not merely with the gift of song and worship leading , but with the capacity to utterly trust in His savior no matter what . It ’ s that unfettered faith that fuels his latest album and first live project , Love Made A Way .
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