talking about how in the eye of a storm God
remains in control and guards you and protects
you through all of these things. My favorite part
of it is that nowhere in the song does it say God
is going to take this hardship away from you,
but for me I interpreted it as God is going to
walk through it with you. I feel like a lot of songs
these days are feel-good songs that people like
to listen to, but the reality is that, yes, you’re
going to go through trials, and yes, you’re
going to go through storms in your life, but God
is going to walk through it with you.
So that song gave me a lot of comfort, knowing
that even though I still have this whole cancer
thing, that’s okay because God is going to be
walking with me. That song gave me a lot of
peace and comfort.
[WM] Your parents are believers too. Did their
faith lift yours, vice versa, or both?
[Andrew] Yes, my parents are believers and I
feel like because of their faith in God, that helped
me set an example of what faith in God should
look like. Meaning that I feel like it’s harder for
them to see their kid go through something
then it is for them to go through something.
I know that they love me a lot and they don’t
like to see me go through hard times. I just love
how I get to see a change in my parent’s life.
Like their prayers, when they would pray at the
I sounded and just totally missed the goodness the outcome was going to be, but I was okay dinner table, and their quiet time, I just feel like
of God and the whole reason why I’m up there. with that because I know how good my God is. everything shifted for the better. I love how I
I feel like that has changed the way I worship, saw them grow closer to God in this, and that
When it comes down to it, I don’t deserve and worship Him, and hopefully how others really helped me realize that I also needed to
to be up there, and I realize that because of worship, because I really know how much I grow closer to God. They’ve told me that my
cancer. Before then I wasn’t relying on God. I need God through these struggles. That has faith has made their faith stronger, and I feel like
was saved, but I felt like I had everything under been revealed to me. their faith has made me just as strong.
of times we as believers don’t really rely on [WM] Were there any songs in particular that [WM] You’re in remission and after that expect
God as much as we should, because we think lifted your spirits when you were sick?
control. When everything is going good, a lot
we can handle it. Through this I finally realized
that I can’t go through life alone, and we sing [Andrew] There was one song when I first
this song, “Through Christ alone my hope is got diagnosed that had just come out on the
found…”, it’s a lot easier to sing that when radio, “Eye of the Storm” by Ryan Stevenson.
you’ve gone through something. You can finally I remember singing that song, and my Dad
see that without Him you would have no hope. snuck down the stairs and took a video of me,
Going through these trials I didn’t know what and I can look back at that now. But it was just
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Ryan Stevensong Featuring GabeReal //
“Eye of the Storm”
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